Drink-driver found at wheel within an hour of court ban.Byline: By FIONA WALKER Fiona Walker (born 24 May 1944) is an actress, best known for her role as Agrippina in the 1976 BBC adaptation of I, Claudius. She is also notable for her appearances in two Doctor Who serials - The Keys of Marinus in 1964 and A DRINK-DRIVER yesterday admitted being at the wheel under the influence - just an hour after being banned for an earlier offence. Hazel Scott Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a jazz and classical pianist and singer. She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on June 11, 1920 and raised in New York City from the age of four. , 42, appeared yesterday before the same sheriff who banned her three days previously. Sheriff Douglas Cusine asked her: "Did you appear here on Wednesday? I thought I recognised her face." He had bailed her and 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. her from driving pending sentence at the earlier hearing. Scott told him yesterday: "I'm really ashamed." Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told that within an hour of her hearing on Wednesday December 31, she was found driving a car on the A944 from Aberdeen to Alford. Tests showed she was more than double the limit. Scott, of Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire, was kept in custody after her arrest on Wednesday until her appearance in court yesterday. She admitted drink driving and driving while disqualified. She was bailed and will now be sentenced for those offences, along with the drink-driving charge she admitted on Wednesday, on January 30. The court was told that Scott had previously been fined pounds 350 and banned in November 2004 after being caught drink-driving. CAPTION(S): Ashamed: Hazel Scott |
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