Sherene Wallis represented a client who for the first time faced allegations of drink/driving and dangerous driving.

It was alleged that whilst over the drink/drive limit, our client drove with the wheels of his car off the road, drove on the opposite side of the road, and sped over a roundabout.

He faced a sentence in the Crown Court and before the sentencing hearing he disputed the facts as the Crown wished to put them. The matter was set down for a Newton hearing and the Judge reserved the matter for herself, stating that should she find against him a custodial sentence was very much on the cards.

Sherene, carefully, took our client through the mechanics of a Newton Hearing (often known as ‘the Prosecutor’s Darling’).

As a result, our client wrote to the Judge to apologise, the Newton hearing was vacated and a bundle of glowing references helped to persuade the Judge to impose a suspended sentence.

The result: another delighted (and relieved) Sherene Wallis client.