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Woman charged with dangerous driving during suspended sentence for blackmail

A law student and single mother, was today charged with dangerous driving at Crown Court. 30-year-old Leanne Davies could be seen crying in the dock as the judge told her “Your driving was utterly dreadful.”

The event, which took place on January 7th 2016, was captured by dashcam footage from a nearby recovery vehicle. The video showed the moments after an altercation between Davies and motorcyclist, Sam Wolf.

Wolf was forced to avoid a bump in the road which resulted in Davies putting her middle finger up at him. Wolf replied with the same before calling out “What’s your problem? You need to learn how to drive.”

The clip, which was shown in court, showed Davies’ silver Audi driving on the wrong side of the road before almost crashing into a Yamaha motorcycle, causing Wolf to fall off. He suffered three broken bones in his wrist and a dislocated shoulder, both on his right side.

This incident breached Davies’ 24 month suspended sentence for blackmail. Dr Rupert Pemsel had hired Davies as an escort whilst on shift at the Princess Anne Hospital. She and her boyfriend at the time, attempted to blackmail the doctor into giving them £10,000 with the threat, they would tell his wife if he didn’t pay up.

Davies’ lawyer, Khaled Missouri informed the court of her remorse and said she recognises she has problems with her anger, along with other mental health issues stemming from a difficult past. Missouri insisted that Davies is in the process of turning her life around.

Davies, who is currently in the second year of her law degree at Southampton Solent University, was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 24 months. She also faced an 18 month driving ban and fined £250 for breaching her previous suspended sentence.

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