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Hexham Courant. A YOUNG female motorist has been banned from the roads after admitting drink driving. At South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Charlotte Olivia Huntsman (22), of Tyneview Close, Haydon Bridge, pleaded guilty to driving with excessive alcohol. On February 6 this year, Huntsman was driving on the A69 at Corbridge with 57 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mg. She also admitted driving without a relevant licence and driving without insurance. Huntsman was banned from driving for 16 months and fined £161 for drink driving. She was also ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £34.
Motorist in court accused of causing death of 70-year-old passenger by careless driving
Victoria Peverley, from Morpeth, allegedly pulled out in front of an HGV, causing a collision which killed her pensioner passenger
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Police. A WOMAN has been remanded in custody after admitting to possessing a kitchen knife in public. Amanda Louise Longstaff (37), of Burn Lane, Hexham, admitted at South East Northumberland Magistrates Court to possessing the bladed article in public without a reasonable excuse. Longstaff had the knife on her on St John s Road, in Hexham, on February 13 this year. She was remanded in custody until March 16 when she will appear at North Tyneside Magistrates Court. Longstaff denied a charge of assaulting a woman on St John s Road on the same date.
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