A family doctor impaled her car on a drystone wall then took a drink of vodka, a court heard.

Jane Hornsey, a GP in Keighley, later gave a breath test which revealed she was almost three times the drink-driving limit.

The 53-year-old, of The Millers House, Arncliffe, near Skipton, denied driving while over the limit at Kilnsey, near Skipton, on October 18, 2009.

A breath test at Skipton police station revealed she had 93 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the limit is 35 – magistrates in Skipton heard.

Prosecutor, Helen Hogben, said Hornsey was seen sitting in her Peugeot, which was wedged on a low wall near the Confluence Centre at Kilnsey, revving the engine and trying to free the car from the wall.

She later got out of the car and was seen staggering up and down the main road.

The police were called by the Confluence Centre owner, Timothy Illingworth who, meanwhile, was told by Hornsey: “I’m an important person and you are a nobody.”

She was abusive and when police officers arrived, she was unco-operative and arrested and taken to Skipton police station where she was hysterical and abusive, the court heard.

“She told the custody officer she had consumed alcohol but refused to say how much,” said Mrs Hogben.

In her statement Hornsey said she had gone to Grassington at 4pm and bought half a bottle of vodka from the Spar supermarket.

Driving home, she had missed her turning and in trying to turn round, got her car stuck on the wall. When she was unable to move it, she took a drink of vodka.

Mr Illingworth told the magistrates that when he approached the doctor she was revving the engine and moving the gear lever but the wheels of the car were off the ground.

He was concerned that if the car did move, it would shoot out into the traffic or towards his property.

PC Jason Payne said when he arrived Hornsey’s car was wedged on the wall and she was out of the vehicle, staggering about and smelling of alcohol.

She refused a breath test and was arrested and, later at Skipton police station, became hysterical.

The case continues.