Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox has been banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty to drink-driving.
The 81-year-old actress, who plays Rita Tanner in the soap, was charged following an incident in Knutsford, Cheshire, on 10 March last year.
A sample of blood was taken which gave an alcohol reading of 85 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood - the legal limit is 80.
The actress, represented by solicitor Nick "Mr Loophole" Freeman, had previously denied the offence last April and was due to go on trial next month.
It was said on her behalf at Crewe Magistrates' Court that she "bitterly regrets" the incident.
Knox, of Mere, Cheshire, was said to have been a passenger in a Jaguar driven by her daughter, Maxine Ashcroft, 56.
The car was stopped by police after a member of the public reported that they thought the driver was under the influence of alcohol.
Ashcroft was found to be nearly three times the legal limit when she gave a breathalyser reading at Middlewich police station.
The veteran actress later arrived at the station and was herself arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
At a previous hearing, Simon Pover, prosecuting, said: "Officers were concerned about how she had arrived at the police station.
"She was given firm advice about how she should return home.
"An offer was made to give her a lift home. It was an offer that was declined."
The prosecutor said she was then seen to get into a Jaguar vehicle at nearby Booths supermarket car park. Knox reversed the car a short distance before she was stopped by police, he added.
She then tested positive for having alcohol in her system.
Ashcroft, from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, later pleaded guilty to drink driving and was banned from driving for two years.
Knox was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £1,750 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.
A spokesman for the soap said it was a "a private and personal matter".
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