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Ice can 'AID your driving': Mother acquitted of dangerous driving after court finds ICE had a 'positive effect' on her driving skills
A drugged woman who struck a school boy has been acquitted of dangerous driving after the court found that her ice use may have had a 'positive effect' on her driving skills.
Mother of three, Leah Lenarczyk, 39, was under the influence of ice and other drugs when she picked up her young children from school on November 8, 2012.
She hit a school boy after running a red light in Adelaide's north and the 12-year-old sustained serious injuries including a collapsed lung and fractured skull.
'I am positively satisfied that the accused was not so affected by methylamphetamine that she was incapable of effective control of her motor vehicle,' Judge Barry Beazley said, according to the ABC
Lenarczyk was acquitted of dangerous driving and was instead convicted with the subsidiary charge of driving without due care as it was found that the drugs did not have a negative impact on her driving.
'She had none of the indicia or symptoms of someone affected by methylamphetamine,' Judge Beazley said.
The District Court heard that Lenarczyk had an 'appalling' driving record, the Adelaide Advertiser have reported.
As well as a fractured skull and collapsed lung, the school boy suffered a broken leg, abdominal injuries and cuts on his face after he was hit by Lenarczyk at Salisbury Heights.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...finds-ICE-positive-effect-driving-skills.html
A drugged woman who struck a school boy has been acquitted of dangerous driving after the court found that her ice use may have had a 'positive effect' on her driving skills.
Mother of three, Leah Lenarczyk, 39, was under the influence of ice and other drugs when she picked up her young children from school on November 8, 2012.
She hit a school boy after running a red light in Adelaide's north and the 12-year-old sustained serious injuries including a collapsed lung and fractured skull.
'I am positively satisfied that the accused was not so affected by methylamphetamine that she was incapable of effective control of her motor vehicle,' Judge Barry Beazley said, according to the ABC
Lenarczyk was acquitted of dangerous driving and was instead convicted with the subsidiary charge of driving without due care as it was found that the drugs did not have a negative impact on her driving.
'She had none of the indicia or symptoms of someone affected by methylamphetamine,' Judge Beazley said.
The District Court heard that Lenarczyk had an 'appalling' driving record, the Adelaide Advertiser have reported.
As well as a fractured skull and collapsed lung, the school boy suffered a broken leg, abdominal injuries and cuts on his face after he was hit by Lenarczyk at Salisbury Heights.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...finds-ICE-positive-effect-driving-skills.html
