THE landlady of a South Devon pub has been banned from the road after admitting drink-driving — and has also lost her licence to run a pub for six months.

Nataley Vinall, 44, the landlady of the Wellington Inn, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, was spared from a drink banning order which could have stopped her going into pubs or even drinking.

Vinall, of Longacre, Compton, near Marldon, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to drink-driving on July 17.

She was fined £250, banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay costs of £100.

Her personal licence to run a pub was suspended for six months.

Prosecutor Christopher Bittlestone said Vinall was stopped by police in Highweek Street, Newton Abbot. She was breath-tested and gave a positive reading.

She was arrested and at the police station gave a breath reading of 56 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Vinall, who was not represented, said: "I was very stupid and it has cost me dear."

She said she had to hand back her personal licence to run a pub five days after she was convicted, and had to put another designated person on the licence to run the pub.

The bench was told it had the authority to suspend the pub licence for six months or to order it be forfeited.

The bench had the authority to impose a drink-banning order which would have prevented Vinall from going into pubs, named areas, or from drinking, if the public was in danger from further offences being committed by her.

However, it declined a drink-banning order, in view of her "occupation and livelihood".