A Llandrindod Wells woman who admitted to police having four bottles of beer before getting behind the wheel has avoided going straight to jail for driving dangerously which resulted in a head-on crash while on the wrong side of the road in the middle of the night.

Faye Morgan Koopmann-Glass, 47, was sentenced by a judge to six months in prison, suspended for 12 months, at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Wednesday, October 16.

She admitted dangerously driving a black Volkswagen Scirocco along the B4358 between Newbridge on Wye and Beulah at around 3am on July 6.

Her car crashed into a white Citroen CS while it was on the wrong side of the road near Llanafan Fawr.

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An earlier hearing at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates' Court heard that Koopmann-Glass, of Wellington Road, Llandrindod Wells, had been drinking on the night in question, and was over the legal limit when she crashed the car.

However, by the time she was breathalysed at the police station she provided a reading that was under the 35 micrograms threshold – and she was charged only with dangerous driving.

The crash was captured on the Citroen driver’s dashcam footage which showed Koopmann-Glass’ Volkswagen approaching on the wrong side of the road with all four wheels on the opposite carriage’s side. The other driver suffered very minor injuries, the court was told.

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Koopmann-Glass blew 56 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath which was more than the 35mcgms legal limit at the roadside.

However, there was a three-hour delay for ambulance before she was taken to hospital.

At the police station, Koopmann-Glass’ breathalyser reading was lower than the legal limit. She told police that she had been to the pub and drank four bottles of Peroni beer but didn’t feel unfit to drive.