Summary
A nursery nurse who was stopped because she was holding an apple while driving was fined following a prosecution which her solicitor described as 'nonsensical'. He also criticised Northumbria Police and the Crown Prosecution Service for ordering aerial photographs, a video shot from the force aircraft and a video recording from a police car be produced for the trial which lasted more than two-and- a-half hours. The cost of the whole case has been estimated at pounds 10,000.
But South Tyneside Magistrates ruled that Sarah McCaffery, 23, of Hebburn, was not in proper control of her Ford Ka as she negotiated a left hand turn with an apple in her right hand.See the full content of this document
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Pounds 10,000 Bill for 'Nonsense' Case
She was fined pounds 60 and ordered to pay pounds 100 co...
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