A BARE-FOOTED woman driver with a child in the vehicle was involved in a crash on the A483 between Chester and Wrexham and then later came to a sudden halt and parked up on the inside lane.

Lee Cornfield, 41, did not appear to appreciate the danger she was in, a court was told.

Police arrived and took her and the child to a safe place beyond a crash barrier but she was upset and said she had broken down and wanted to walk to Wrexham.

Officers were concerned that the abandoned car caused a danger on a high speed road at night and prosecutor James Neary said the inevitable happened and a collision occurred between two vehicles.

Cornfield, of Darmond's Green in West Kirby, Wirral, later failed to provide a breath specimen at Wrexham Police Station.

She denied dangerous driving on January 6 and then failing to provide a specimen but was convicted at an earlier hearing.

Appearing for sentence at North East Wales Magistrates Court at Mold, she was banned from driving for 20 months.

She received a six month prison sentence suspended for a year and was ordered to carry out 140 hours unpaid work as well as pay £620 and a £115 surcharge.

Magistrates warned her that there were a number of aggravating features – alcohol, a child in the vehicle, the collision and she was abusive with police.

They said the potential consequences of what had occurred did not need to be spelt out.

It was accepted that it was a "one off" which had a lot to do with her personal relationship.

Mr Neary said a woman was driving along the road when Cornfield came alongside and her vehicle drifted into hers.

Cornfield, he said, appeared to be oblivious of the other vehicle.

The other driver pulled back, took the registration number and alerted police.

Ceri Lewis, defending, said Cornfield had one glass of wine.

It was alleged she had been subjected to domestic violence in the past and when an argument developed she decided to drive to the home of a friend in Wrexham as a place of safety.

Miss Lewis said it was her client's case that a tyre had blown out and it had been confirmed that a tyre was deflated during the earlier trial.

She had not provided a breath test but she suffered from depression and asthma.

Her client was upset and could not give sufficient breath.

She had claimed there was no collision.