A Lavington woman’s errant driving about 800 kilometres from her home town has resulted in her having to front Albury Local Court.
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Misty Lee Wilson was pulled over for a preliminary breath test while driving through Narrabri in northern NSW.
She was clear – the 38-year-old had not been drinking so the result was negative.
But then her day suddenly got worse.
Wilson was driving in a car with Queensland number plates, but didn’t have a Queensland licence.
She also didn’t have one for NSW.
And it was a court order on her Victorian licence that eventually brought her undone.
Wilson pleaded guilty to a second offence charge of drive a motor vehicle during a disqualified period when the matter went before court this week.
For that, magistrate Michael Crompton convicted Wilson and placed her on an 18-month bond.
She was also handed a two-year licence ban.
When she was charged, Wilson was listed as having an address in Prune Street but had moved elsewhere in the suburb by the time the matter was finalised this week.
Police told the court that police at Narrabri pulled her over on July 13 at 10.20pm.
At the time she had three children in the back and a woman in the passenger seat.
Police checks revealed she had only ever held a licence in Victoria, though it was suspended back in 2011 because of unpaid fines.
“I didn’t know that,” she replied. “It shouldn’t be, I had to pay $358 and was told that would fix it.”
Wilson told the police that she previously had been pulled over by Queensland officers. Police said she claimed they reassured her that her “licence was fine and allowed her to continue”.