DUP MLA and Policing Board member Joanne Bunting charged with driving offences

East Belfast MLA and NI Policing Board member Joanne Bunting has been charged with careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
By Paul Higgins
Published 4th Aug 2020, 17:48 BST
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Joanne Bunting

At Newtownards Magistrates Court, sitting in Belfast on Tuesday, the 46-year-old was charged with four offences arising from an incident on March 3 this year, charges which are denied by the DUP politician.

Ms Bunting, with an address in Newtownards, was charged with driving carelessly on the Movilla Road in the town and three offences alleging that following an accident which caused an injury to another person, she failed to stop, remain and report her details to the police within a reasonable time.

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None of the facts surrounding the offences were heard during the brief hearing and after her defence solicitor entered not guilty pleas to each of the offences, District Judge Mark Hamill adjourned the case to September 7.