A TEENAGE motorist who drove without lights during the early hours of the morning was almost twice over the drink-drive limit, a court was told.

Ashleigh Greenwood, 18, was driving home after an argument with her boyfriend at his house, said John Turner, mitigating.

Greenwood, of Abbey Road, Darlington, was stopped by police and a roadside breath test revealed she had 102 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Mr Turner said: "It was due to her being upset following the argument with her boyfriend that she decided to drive, when she should have just taken a deep breath and called a taxi."

Greenwood admitted the drink-drive charge on July 20 and she was banned from the roads for two years, fined £200 and ordered to pay £43 costs.

Chairman of the bench, Derek Senior, said: "This was a very high level of alcohol. Not only were you a danger to yourself, but you were a danger to other people too."