A drink-driver who shunted another car through a parapet at a multi-storey car park has been sentenced to 60 hours community service and banned from driving for two years.

Magistrates heard that care assistant Teresa Cook, 38, of High Street, Didcot, had probably drunk a bottle of wine before the incident in Abingdon's Charter car park. A breath test showed she was more than two-and-a-half times over the legal limit.

Cook, who had pleaded guilty and had been remanded for reports, was ordered to pay 55 costs. Didcot magistrates decided that the ban could be reduced by three months if she completed a drink-driving rehabilitation course.

Helen Waite, prosecuting, said that on July 12, Cook's Range Rover collided with two cars. A Vauxhall Astra catapulted out of level five.

Police said it was fortunate the Astra was pushed out of the only side that did not border on to a road.

A breath test showed 94 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.

The legal limit is 35 micrograms.

Miss Waite said Cook told police she had drunk "two glasses of wine on her birthday". When arrested, Cook was initially aggressive and unsteady on her feet. Her speech was slurred and her eyes glazed.

Gordon Hotson, defending, said: "She had had a stressful time at work which was among a number of stressful areas of her life."

Cook had consumed about half of a one-and-a-half-litre bottle of red wine before she unexpectedly had to visit the shops, said Mr Hotson.

Her Range Rover was written off in the incident.

Mr Hotson said Cook was now off work because of stress. She was also receiving medication for anaemia. "All the stresses led to her having a drink to wind down," said Mr Hotson. "Although she does not have an underlying dependency on alcohol."