Harrogate woman banned after drink driving with two young children in car

A woman who was caught driving over three times the legal limit with two young children in the car has been disqualified from driving.

Sarah Pickering, 32, from Harrogate, appeared at Harrogate Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, July 21, and was charged with drink driving.

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Pickering was banned from driving for two years and ordered to pay a £150 court charge, £85 costs and a £60 victim surcharge.

Police stopped Pickering on Friday, July 3, in Leadhall Lane in Harrogate shortly after 9pm with a one-year-old and five-year-old child in the back seat of the car.

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