A Tenby woman who admitted dangerous driving after 'clipping' her ex-partner with her car has escaped without even a driving ban.

Amy Louise Fairclough, aged 29, of The Clicketts, was said to have been in a panic to get away from Martin Collins and accidentally hit him as she drove off.

Fairclough appeared at Swansea Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced.

John Hipkin, prosecuting, said Fairclough and Mr. Collins had been in a relationship together and had a three-year-old child.

By August 2014, he had formed a new relationship.

The couple ended up in Fairclough's Renault Megane parked close to the Carew roundabout on the A477.

Mr. Hipkin said there was an argument and then a scuffle and Mr. Collins got out of the vehicle.

As Fairclough drove off, 'her vehicle came into contact with him, but it was not deliberate.'

James Jenkins, the barrister representing Fairclough, said Mr. Collins's behaviour in the car 'had been disgraceful' to the point that two witnesses in a passing car thought that he was the offender and she was the victim.

"He's never paid a penny towards their child," he added.

Mr. Jenkins said, in his opinion, the offending was so unusual it was not necessary to pass a driving ban, partly because she was a full-time student hoping to become a midwife.

Judge Peter Heywood said the 'special circumstances' that would allow him not to ban Fairclough had to relate to her driving and not to her personal circumstances.

However, he added: "Martin Collins had been causing you grief. I accept that his behaviour in the car was such that you wanted him out of the vehicle.

"You got him out, but you lost your composure and self-control."

Judge Heywood said Pembrokeshire would benefit from having another competent midwife and it was sad to see a 'perfectly respectable and hard working young lady' in the dock at Swansea Crown Court.

Fairclough was made the subject of a 12-month community order and placed under supervision for 12 months. Four points were added to her licence.

"I am sure we will never see you in this court again," added Judge Heywood.