A DRINK driver has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 17 months.

Julie Colker, aged 25, of Merebook Close, Radcliffe, drove a Peugeot 206 car along Jubilee Way in Bury on October 31 while over the legal alcohol limit.

She admitted the offence to Bury magistrates last Thursday and was also ordered to pay £110 fine, £85 court costs and a £20 victim surcharge.