A man who drank more than 10 pints and shots at a popular village pub crashed his car after going for a drive to clear his head after having a disagreement.

Jamie Fry, 32, had been drinking over a 12-hour period at The Buck pub in Caersws from 1pm on Saturday, August 24, to 1am on Sunday, August 25.

A court heard that Fry lived within walking distance of the pub but "drove off with no destination" before crashing his Skoda Octavia on a bend just outside the village at around 3am.

He was given a 14-month driving ban after he admitted drink driving when he appeared at Welshpool Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, September 10.

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Police were alerted about the crash just after 3am that a vehicle was blocking an unlit stretch of the A470 Carno Road.

Prosecutor Helen Tench said: "Sergeant Rees found the car had collided with a verge and hedgerow. A short time later the defendant returned with family and friends around the same time that a police constable arrived.

“The defendant held out his arm and identified himself as the driver. The officer noted that the defendant had glazed eyes and a smell of alcohol."

A breath test revealed that the Caersws man had 46 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath which was over the 35mcg legal limit.

Mrs Tench added: "The defendant admitted being the driver, owner and driving at the time of the collision.

"The defendant told the officer that he had been drinking for a period of 12 hours and drank in excess of 10 pints and shots with his partner at The Buck in Caersws and lived within walking distance of the pub. The defendant had been drinking from 1pm to 1am and left the pub due to a disagreement. Due to his mood, he drove off with no destination."

The court heard that Fry thought he had put enough turn on the steering wheel but ran wide and then into a hedgerow.

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Robert Hanratty, who was acting on behalf of the 32-year-old, said: "Mr Fry got home and went to his car to get some space. He says he felt OK when he was driving but he was clearly not in good control because he clipped the verge.

"However, he did return to the scene and was very polite and fully co-operative with the police."

Fry, of Glan Y Nant, Caersws, was ordered to pay a total of £715 to the court which included a £450 fine, £180 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

The magistrates also offered Fry to complete a drink driving awareness course to reduce his disqualification by 14 weeks.