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Woman hauled in on warrant said she 'looked too ugly' to come to court
A WOMAN who was hauled to court on an arrest warrant for failing to show up a week earlier has told a Newcastle magistrate she did not attend because she "looked too ugly" and "felt sick".
Emily Edwards, 31, was convicted in her absence last week and had a warrant put out for her arrest on a charge of driving while disqualified while on an Intensive Corrections Order for other matters.
Magistrate Caleb Franklin said the incident marked the "eighth time" she had been caught driving unlicensed.
"I looked too ugly to come and I felt sick," Edwards, from Salamander Bay, told Magistrate Franklin as she sat in the dock at Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
Edwards had been arrested earlier that same morning.
"I'm starving," she said.
The court heard Edwards had three children under the age of 10 in her Toyota Corolla, which she has since sold, when she was pulled over by police on Glebe Road, at Hamilton South, at 7.20am on March 14.
Magistrate Franklin said police stopped Edwards due to her manner of driving after they observed her "swaying in between lanes".
At the time, Edwards had already been disqualified from driving in February for three months.
Magistrate Franklin confirmed his earlier guilty conviction, sentenced Edwards to a community corrections order for one year and disqualified her from driving for a further six months.
"Just make sure you have a licence before you hop behind the wheel of a car," he said.
"Make sure you have arrangements in place, don't even have access to keys because you have repeatedly shown you can't resist that temptation."
Magistrate Franklin said Edwards had a "significant" criminal and traffic offence history, and news that she had sold the car should "lessen" the risk of her committing further offences.
The court heard the matter was Edwards' second conviction for driving disqualified in the past five years.
A WOMAN who was hauled to court on an arrest warrant for failing to show up a week earlier has told a Newcastle magistrate she did not attend because she "looked too ugly" and "felt sick".
Emily Edwards, 31, was convicted in her absence last week and had a warrant put out for her arrest on a charge of driving while disqualified while on an Intensive Corrections Order for other matters.
Magistrate Caleb Franklin said the incident marked the "eighth time" she had been caught driving unlicensed.
"I looked too ugly to come and I felt sick," Edwards, from Salamander Bay, told Magistrate Franklin as she sat in the dock at Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
Edwards had been arrested earlier that same morning.
"I'm starving," she said.
The court heard Edwards had three children under the age of 10 in her Toyota Corolla, which she has since sold, when she was pulled over by police on Glebe Road, at Hamilton South, at 7.20am on March 14.
Magistrate Franklin said police stopped Edwards due to her manner of driving after they observed her "swaying in between lanes".
At the time, Edwards had already been disqualified from driving in February for three months.
Magistrate Franklin confirmed his earlier guilty conviction, sentenced Edwards to a community corrections order for one year and disqualified her from driving for a further six months.
"Just make sure you have a licence before you hop behind the wheel of a car," he said.
"Make sure you have arrangements in place, don't even have access to keys because you have repeatedly shown you can't resist that temptation."
Magistrate Franklin said Edwards had a "significant" criminal and traffic offence history, and news that she had sold the car should "lessen" the risk of her committing further offences.
The court heard the matter was Edwards' second conviction for driving disqualified in the past five years.
A WOMAN who was hauled to court on an arrest warrant for failing to show up a week earlier has told a Newcastle magistrate she did not attend because she "looked too ugly" and "felt sick".
Emily Edwards, 31, was convicted in her absence last week and had a warrant put out for her arrest on a charge of driving while disqualified while on an Intensive Corrections Order for other matters.
Magistrate Caleb Franklin said the incident marked the "eighth time" she had been caught driving unlicensed.
"I looked too ugly to come and I felt sick," Edwards, from Salamander Bay, told Magistrate Franklin as she sat in the dock at Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
Edwards had been arrested earlier that same morning.
"I'm starving," she said.
The court heard Edwards had three children under the age of 10 in her Toyota Corolla, which she has since sold, when she was pulled over by police on Glebe Road, at Hamilton South, at 7.20am on March 14.
Magistrate Franklin said police stopped Edwards due to her manner of driving after they observed her "swaying in between lanes".
At the time, Edwards had already been disqualified from driving in February for three months.
Magistrate Franklin confirmed his earlier guilty conviction, sentenced Edwards to a community corrections order for one year and disqualified her from driving for a further six months.
"Just make sure you have a licence before you hop behind the wheel of a car," he said.
"Make sure you have arrangements in place, don't even have access to keys because you have repeatedly shown you can't resist that temptation."
Magistrate Franklin said Edwards had a "significant" criminal and traffic offence history, and news that she had sold the car should "lessen" the risk of her committing further offences.
The court heard the matter was Edwards' second conviction for driving disqualified in the past five years.
A WOMAN who was hauled to court on an arrest warrant for failing to show up a week earlier has told a Newcastle magistrate she did not attend because she "looked too ugly" and "felt sick".
Emily Edwards, 31, was convicted in her absence last week and had a warrant put out for her arrest on a charge of driving while disqualified while on an Intensive Corrections Order for other matters.
Magistrate Caleb Franklin said the incident marked the "eighth time" she had been caught driving unlicensed.
"I looked too ugly to come and I felt sick," Edwards, from Salamander Bay, told Magistrate Franklin as she sat in the dock at Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.
Edwards had been arrested earlier that same morning.
"I'm starving," she said.
The court heard Edwards had three children under the age of 10 in her Toyota Corolla, which she has since sold, when she was pulled over by police on Glebe Road, at Hamilton South, at 7.20am on March 14.
Magistrate Franklin said police stopped Edwards due to her manner of driving after they observed her "swaying in between lanes".
At the time, Edwards had already been disqualified from driving in February for three months.
Magistrate Franklin confirmed his earlier guilty conviction, sentenced Edwards to a community corrections order for one year and disqualified her from driving for a further six months.
"Just make sure you have a licence before you hop behind the wheel of a car," he said.
"Make sure you have arrangements in place, don't even have access to keys because you have repeatedly shown you can't resist that temptation."
Magistrate Franklin said Edwards had a "significant" criminal and traffic offence history, and news that she had sold the car should "lessen" the risk of her committing further offences.
The court heard the matter was Edwards' second conviction for driving disqualified in the past five years.
