Larne: Woman pleads guilty to death by careless driving
Defence counsel told Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Monday that the case would benefit from a pre-sentence report from the probation board.The district judge freed Mrs McCormick and adjourned the plea and sentence to 23 September.
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