A woman who appeared on charges of driving while impaired was told to be aware of "the man in the bottle" by Acting Senior Magistrate Carlisle Greaves in Magistrates' Court yesterday.

Ayesha Drayton, 25, of Southampton, pleaded guilty to drunk driving.

Crown counsel Oonagh Vaucrosson told the court that Police had seen Drayton sitting outside Primavera Ristorante on Pitts Bay Road. She told Police that she had fallen off her bike.

Drayton admitted to Police she had been drinking but, according to Ms Vaucrosson, she kept giving the officers the wrong surname.

Drayton was arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified. She was breath tested and the lower reading was 164 millilitres in 100 milligrams of blood - more than twice the legal limit of 80 millilitres in 100 milligrams of blood.

Duty counsel Chen Foley said that she had sprained her wrist and broke her tooth in the accident. "To a certain degree she has already been punished," he added.

Drayton said: Sir, I was intoxicated. I said a lot of things. It was so stupid of me to ride."

Mr. Greaves said: "It is the man in the bottle. He is no ordinary man - he has spirited powers."

Drayton was fined $1,000 and disqualified from driving all vehicles for 12 months.