She drank until 2am, started again at 9am, then got into the car with her kids

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A mother who drove while at three times the legal alcohol limit with her children in the back seat has received a suspended sentence.

Lisa Swift, 37, crashed her Nissan Juke into a parked car after she took her two children and one of their friends to the pub following a rugby match on September 14 of this year, Warrington Magistrates Court heard.

When questioned, Swift said she had been drinking cans of Budweiser until the early hours. She had two more the next morning before ferrying her son aged eight, daughter aged three and the other child to the game at 10.30am.

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She then took the children to the pub at lunchtime where she had another pint of lager before crashing her vehicle whilst on her way home. The children were unharm