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Thu, 07/10/2008 - 20:07
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Pat O'Shane admits drink driving: court
(AAP) After months protesting her innocence, controversial NSW magistrate Pat O'Shane has pleaded guilty to drink driving.
Ms O'Shane, 66, was charged with drink driving on the night of March 8, after she was stopped for a random breath test on Sydney's north shore.
The magistrate, who was driving a silver Holden Astra, was pulled over on Burns Bay Road at Linley Point and returned a breath-test blood-alcohol reading of 0.08.
A later blood test at Chatswood police station returned a lower reading of 0.05.
At Hornsby Local Court on Thursday, a lawyer for Ms O'Shane said she pleaded guilty to the charge, despite having indicated at a previous court appearance that hisclient would fight the low range drink driving count.
Ms O'Shane did not appear at the brief hearing.
The case has been adjourned to July 17 in the same court.
Since being charged in early March, Ms O'Shane has continued to sit as a magistrate at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court, but will not hear drink driving matters until her case is finalised.
Ms O'Shane, 66, was charged with drink driving on the night of March 8, after she was stopped for a random breath test on Sydney's north shore.
The magistrate, who was driving a silver Holden Astra, was pulled over on Burns Bay Road at Linley Point and returned a breath-test blood-alcohol reading of 0.08.
A later blood test at Chatswood police station returned a lower reading of 0.05.
At Hornsby Local Court on Thursday, a lawyer for Ms O'Shane said she pleaded guilty to the charge, despite having indicated at a previous court appearance that hisclient would fight the low range drink driving count.
Ms O'Shane did not appear at the brief hearing.
The case has been adjourned to July 17 in the same court.
Since being charged in early March, Ms O'Shane has continued to sit as a magistrate at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court, but will not hear drink driving matters until her case is finalised.
