Black Country News: Drink driver hit woman; BRIERLEY HILL.A 21-YEAR-old drink driver who smashed his car into a central reservation central reservation Noun Brit & NZ the strip that separates the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway central reservation n (BRIT) (AUT) → mediana when he panicked after clipping a woman pedestrian has been jailed for 10 months. The woman suffered head injuries and was in hospital for two days, Miss Jenny Miss Jenny (1780s) was a female spy in the American Revolutionary War on the side of the British loyalists. Miss Jenny, a French-speaking woman, inflitrated the French troops who were fighting on the American side and reported the movements of French and American troops to Russell, prosecuting, told Wolverhampton Crown Court. She said that after his arrest Paul Slater told police officers he had been involved in a heavy drinking session and he accepted he should not have been behind the wheel. Slater, of Hill Street, Brierley Hill, admitted driving dangerously while disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. and with excess alcohol. He was also banned for three years. The court was told Slater was found to have more than twice the permitted level of alcohol in his system after the accident. |
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