A WINCHESTER woman has been disqualified from driving for 19 months.

Jennifer Hinds, 28, of Battery Hill, Stanmore, was stopped by the police on nearby Wavell Way on October 7, a court was told.

She was breathalysed and her reading was 73 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when the legal limit is 35, making her double the limit.

Magistrates in Basingstoke imposed the ban and fined her £346 with a victim surcharge of £34 and £85 costs.

The ban will be cut by 19 weeks if Hinds passes an approved course.