A drink driver escaped jail despite four convictions in three years after she blamed her behaviour on an abortion and a dyslexia diagnosis.

Naomi Kaneko, 31, was found slumped at the wheel of her BMW 320 with her mobile phone in her hand and a bottle of wine in the footwell after police were called to reports of an "intoxicated female” one evening in March. A breath test reading showed 120mg, when the legal limit is 35mg.

Officers said Kaneko, who was just 380 yards from her apartment in Hale, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester was 'very very incoherent' as they asked her to get out of the car.

She also had slurred speech and was unsteady on her feet with tests showing she was more than three times the alcohol limit.

Manchester Magistrates Court heard that the therapist, who is studying an Msc in psychology at Salford University, claimed she had been drinking after attending an abortion clinic to end an unexpected pregnancy at the request of her boyfriend. She also said she was suffering stress after being diagnosed with dyslexia.

The court heard she was convicted of drink driving three times in 2015 but was spared imprisonment on each occasion.