A motorist who collided with a telegraph pole after driving erratically near Machynlleth has been banned from the road for more than a year.
Police received a 999 call shortly before 1am on January 28 reporting a Hyundai Tucson swerving on the A458, hitting a grass verge and then striking a telegraph pole.
Officers located the vehicle around 45 minutes later in the car park of the White Lion Hotel in Machynlleth town centre, where fresh organic matter was found lodged in the wheel arch.
The driver, Renias Mashingaidze, 63, was found in his hotel room and admitted he had been behind the wheel.
Welshpool Magistrates' Court heard that officers could smell alcohol on him, and a breath test later showed he was seven micrograms over the legal limit.
Mashingaidze told police he had no recollection of the journey, claiming he had become lost while following a Satnav.
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Prosecutor Helen Tench said the defendant had drank a double whisky in Telford at around 9pm the previous evening.
Representing himself, Mashingaidze, of Leegomery near Telford, told magistrates he had “nothing further to explain”.
He was disqualified from driving for 13 months and ordered to pay £827, including a £530 fine, after pleading guilty to drink driving.
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