A mum-of-two who drunkenly crashed her car into a Wilko store after driving the wrong way down a one-way street told police “it’s not that bad”.

Naladi Drejarz was almost four times over the legal drink-drive limit when she ploughed her silver Hyundai Getz into the hardware shop in Gillingham High Street.

Halfway along the road she decided to turn round to correct her mistake, but as she performed the maneuvre she crashed the vehilce into a window of the Wilko store, smashing the large pane into pieces.

Instead of staying at the scene to face the consequences or calling the police, the 38-year-old drove away and returned to her home nearby.

Staff at the hardware store had to flag down a passing police car to alert officers about the incident.

When officers traced the registered owner of the car, they went to Drejarz’s address and found her apparently still intoxicated.

Officers said she was not taking information in initially when they spoke to her, but she did confirm she was the car owner.

The officers then asked her about the crash, she replied: “It’s not that bad. I’ve not killed anyone, I just smashed a window. It’s just a bump.”

Officers asked Drejarz to do a breath test which she failed and she was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

While at her home, officers also determined she only had a provisional licence to drive the vehicle and no insurance and when she got to the police station, she was given further breath tests.

She gave a reading of 132 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit is 35.

Drejarz, of King Street, Gillingham, was later charged with several offences, including, drink-driving, failing to stop after an accident and driving without a licence or insurance.

It’s not that bad. I’ve not killed anyone, I just smashed a window. It’s just a bump

She admitted the offences when she appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on June 29.

The court heard the incident happened on November 1, last year.

Sidumiso Moyo prosecuting said: “Officers were flagged down by Wilko staff as the silver Hyundai had been driven the wrong way along a one way street on King Street.

“The car was then turned round and was driven into the Wilko window, there were not calls to report the incident and she drove way from the scene.

“Two officers attended the address of the registered owner and located the vehicle which had clear damage to the near front side.

“Officers said she appeared intoxicated and wasn’t taking in information. She said to check the car as it was not broken and told officers she had drunk the night before.

“She had a provisional licence only.”

District Judge Stephen Leake also heard Drejarz had never been in trouble before and had been to a Halloween party the night before and didn’t know how much she had drunk, but had drunk a lot.

The court was also told Drejarz was on universal credit and had two children who had special needs.

Judge Leake told Drejarz it was a very serious offence because of the level of alcohol in her system at the time.

He added: “Your comment about you had not killed someone, well it was only fortunate you didn't, it could have ended very differently.

“Aggravating factors are also you drove the wrong way in a one-way road and crashed into a shop and smashed the window and you had no insurance and only a provisional licence.”

However, he told her she wasn’t going into immediate custody because the impact to her children’s lives would be detrimental to them as she was their primary carer.

Judge Leake decided to jail Drejarz for eight weeks for the drink-driving offence but suspended the term for 12 months.

He also ordered she carry out 180 hours of unpaid work and wear an alcohol abstinence tag for 120 days.

She was also banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £154 and £85 costs.

Drejarz received no separate penalty for the other offences but her licence was endorsed.