''I made a really bad decision": Woman weeps in court after drunkenly crashing her car following a night out

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A woman who drunkenly crashed her car after a night out broke down in tears in court as she told how a driving ban would stop her taking her mum for cancer treatment appointments.

Administration worker Mia Lavelle-Clegg, 23, tested more than twice the legal alcohol limit after she smashed her black Seat Leon into a parked car.

But representing herself at Tameside magistrates' court, Lavelle-Clegg, of Stockport Road, Mossley, Tameside, said: "This has been a huge wake up call.

I do drive a lot, driving to work and home. "My mum is ill as well. She has cancer and I have let her down. I do take my mum to appointments and I help her with shopping.