A HEMYOCK woman has been banned from driving after she drunkenly crashed her Land Rover into a row of parked cars in Wellington.

Jessica Cooper-Hogan, 22, had allegedly left Wellesley Park ‘looking like a war zone’ after causing damage to four vehicles while she was more than double the drink drive limit on Sunday, March 3.

Cooper-Hogan’s 2022 Land Rover Discovery, thought to be worth around £50,000, appears to have been purchased after she reached an out-of-court agreement with Sir Benjamin Slade, after taking the aristocrat to court over claims of sex discrimination.

Then aged 19-years-old, Cooper-Hogan reportedly worked for the Baronet as an event coordinator at his Woodlands Castle centre near Taunton before bringing the lawsuit.

Cooper-Hogan had also complained she had been unfairly dismissed, and had asked for a redundancy payment, but these claims were thrown out by a 2021 employment tribunal.

Following the crash police charged Cooper-Hogan with drink driving, driving without insurance and driving without due care and attention. In a March 25 hearing held at Taunton Magistrates’ Court she pleaded guilty to all charges.

Magistrates handed down a 36-month driving ban, a fine of £120 and told her to pay court costs and a £48 surcharge to help fund victim services.

Cooper-Hogan, who appears to have worked as a cleaner, took to social media earlier this year after her own wing mirror was knocked off by a driver she branded an “absolute clown” in South Street, Wellington.

The crash, which took place shortly before midnight, is believed to have caused thousands of pounds in damage, with one car being immediately written off.

Residents claimed that following the collision they restrained a woman, believed to be Cooper-Hogan, until police could arrive on the scene to make an arrest.

One resident told the Wellington Weekly they heard the loud impact of the crash, adding: “I am just so thankful there were no pedestrians around.

“It was a really loud bang and when we went outside there were bits of cars everywhere from the impact.”

The court heard how Cooper-Hogan had registered a breath alcohol reading of 76 micrograms in 100 millilitres of breath, more than twice the legal limit in England, after officers carried out a breathalyser test at the scene.

Cooper-Hogan is understood to have walked away from the crash without serious injury, although her Land Rover was pictured at the scene with its airbags deployed and having sustained some damage.

Officers closed the road before a contractor removed the Land Rover from the scene. Officers at first recorded Cooper-Hogan of living at ‘no fixed address’ before she was later released by the court giving a correspondence address in Hemyock.

Sir Benjamin Slade, who lives near Bridgwater, was previously ordered to pay £179,500 to two other former employees who worked at his Woodlands Castle estate.

Slade is no stranger to controversy, having previously had his house raided by firearms officers and found to be possessing a gun without a license.