Gravesham's Labour candidate at the general election is due in court after being charged with drink-driving.

Kathryn Smith, 50, crashed her car into a roundabout in Dartford just days before voters went to the polls in May.

Now she has been charged with driving while above the legal alcohol limit and will appear before magistrates.

Former Bexley council leader and deputy mayor Smith, of Cambridge Avenue, Welling, had to be cut from her Renault Laguna by firefighters after the incident in Bob Dunn Way, on April 26.

Kent Police said she was charged on Saturday and will appear at Dartford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 27.

Labour said Smith has been suspended by the party pending the outcome of her case.

A spokesman said: "It would be inappropriate for us to comment further whilst this is ongoing."

Smith, a former director of the Co-operative Bank, failed to oust Conservative MP Adam Holloway from his Gravesham seat.