The pensioner told the court she was feeling unwell and faint

Dorothy Evans, from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire reversed into a parked car and did not tell the owner.

Evans, who appeared at Cardiff Crown Court wearing a salmon-pink suit and a white summer hat, denied the offences.

She was banned from driving until she takes another test, and fined �100. Evans will be in custody until 16 June.

Earlier this year she was found guilty of one count of harassment and six breaches of her Anti-social Behaviour Order (Asbo).

I'm 100% it was Mrs Evans in the car, I saw her hat Thomas Frost, witness

She was sentenced to six months in jail, but had her sentence reduced to four months by the Court of Appeal in London.

Friday's special hearing before magistrates found her guilty of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident on 20 October 2005.

The case took place at Cardiff Crown Court, as it has better facilities to deal with the pensioner's hearing problems.

She appeared in the dock and told the magistrates she was feeling faint and had not eaten and she was worried about her medication.

But the request by her solicitor to adjourn the hearing was turned down.

Rolled back

The court heard from 18-year-old Thomas Frost, who said he witnessed Evans driving up an alleyway near her home.

"I turned left to go up the alleyway and squeezed past her car," he said. "She couldn't go any further up the alleyway because there are bollards in the way.

"She rolled back down the alleyway and she didn't look to see if there were any cars coming and went straight into a parked Ford Ka."

Hashim Salmman, defending, asked Mr Frost if he had ever thrown stones at Mrs Evans' windows or insulted her, but he denied ever having done so.

Mr Salmman suggested he was mistaken about the identity of the driver of the K-registration Metro.

But Mr Frost replied: "I'm 100% it was Mrs Evans in the car. I saw her hat."

Mr Frost also told the court there had been a "bunch of 10 youths" heading into the alleyway prior to the incident. The owner of the Ford Ka told the court the cost of repairing it was estimated at �500-�600.

Evans was given a 12-month conditional discharge, as well as having her licence endorsed. However, she will be allowed a provisional licence until she passes another driving test.