A model who crashed her car while nearly four times the limit after downing bubbly at a networking event has been spared jail.
Monica McDermott, 38, shared bottles of Cava at a meeting with a cosmetics company on the evening of the incident.
The mum of one, of Davey Lane in Alderley Edge, had made arrangements to get a lift back with a friend.
But when she left the meeting to drop off her handbag at the car, she decided to drive.
McDermott crashed into a taxi on West Street in Alderley Edge and drove off.
The driver took down her registration number and officers on patrol nearby were alerted.
They saw the silver Nissan swerving, stopping and then mount a grass verge and when they spoke to the defendant they could smell alcohol on her breath.
A roadside test recorded 138 mg of alcohol in breath, with the legal limit 35mg.
But police were unable to charge McDermott with drink driving as she failed to give another breath specimen at Middlewich police station.
Prosecuting, Jonathan Egan said: "When asked to give a specimen of breath the defendant blew too hard, then too softly and then sucked on the tube.
"At one point she stopped to talk to police officers and when asked if there was a medical reason she could not give a sample she said no."
McDermott pleaded guilty at Macclesfield Magistrates court to failing to give a specimen.
Defending, Daniel Brooks said McDermott is a hard-working single mum.
He said: "She was so intoxicated she made the drunken, irrational stupid and out of character decision to drive.
"Until these proceedings she had an unblemished record and the whole process has served as a punishment.
"She's extremely scared about what could happen and has been torturing herself.
"It's not lost on her how serious this is and how disastrous the consequences could have been.
"She accepts full responsibility and apologises.
"This has been a mighty wake up call."
The chairman of the bench said custody was an option but gave McDermott an eight week sentence suspended for 12 months and banned her from driving for two years.
He said: "You were involved in an incident with a vehicle and were so intoxicated as to have no recollection, but have no previous convictions and express remorse.
"We believe you did this recklessly and you put yourself and other road users in extreme danger."
McDermott was handed a six-month community order with supervision and an alcohol activity requirement.
