An actress who played in BBC Medical Drama's Casualty and Holby City has admitted that drugs ride after she was plowed into a skoda and left a nurse who was seriously injured behind the wheel.
Magistrates heard Amanda Meealing, who played Cardio -Thoracic Consultant Connie Beauchamp in the hit shows, drove over a road before crashing with the vehicle of Mark Le Sage while he was on his way to his work.
Public Prosecutor Marie Stace told De Court Mealing, 57, who appeared under her married name Amanda Sainsbury, led at the head, a broken wrist and a broken collarbone in the Smash of January 2024.
She admitted that she was driving in her system with cocaine and drove without the necessary care and attention and was banned for 22 months and ordered a fine of £ 485.
A court heard the actress, who also appeared in the hit film four weddings and a funeral, as well as directing episodes of victim, Waterloo Road and Coronation Street, had 18mcg cocaine in her blood, the legal limit is 10mcg and is almost five times on the legal limit. 50mcg.
Mrs. Stace said that Mr. Le Sage, who is also a district councilor, remembered that 'an explosion and his car started to run' after Meealing's Mini Cooper had taken on the A1175 in Hop Pool, near Stamford in Lincolnshire.
She added: 'He started to panic, the car was full of smoke and he couldn't get out because his foot was stuck under the pedal.
Magistrates heard Amanda Meealing, who played cardio -thoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp (photo) in the hit shows, drifting over a road before crashing with Mark Le Sage's vehicle while he was on his way to work
Public Prosecutor Marie Stace told De Court Mealing, 57, who appeared under her married name Amanda Sainsbury, led at the head, a broken wrist and a broken collarbone in January 2024 Smash (photo)
Mrs. Stace said that Mr. Le Sage (photo), who is also a district councilor, remembered that 'an explosion and his car started to run' after Manne's Mini Cooper hit his Skoda on the A1175 in Hop pole, near Stamford in Lincolnshire.
“He got out and was judged by a paramedic who said he should go to the hospital.
“There was a witness who followed the mini, who said he assumed that something was in the way because it went the other side of the road.
“Mrs. Stace said that in a police interview the meal admitted to take cocaine the night before.”
The Spalding and South Holland Stem reported that Mr. Le Sage was seriously injured in the crash and still feels the consequences of 14 months later.
In a victim impact statement that he reads in court, Mr. Le Sage, who is a member of the independent group in the South Holland district council, said that he was unable to continue as a theater nurse in his work because his fine motor skills were seriously affected.
He also said that he is no longer able to perform his hobbies as a keyboard player in the local band Zebra and he can no longer play a water polo.
He said he has constant problems with his vision and hearing, and suffers from constant pain in his legs, neck, shoulder, back and hip. He also has flashbacks and nightmares about the crash.
Meal left the victim of in March 2021 after seven years. Her lawyer, Edward Lloyd, said the court that the suspect does not accept Mr. Le Sage's report on his injuries, he was not taken to the hospital by ambulance and there is no proof of that level of injury.
He said: “In terms of the violation, my client argued guilty of drugs driving at the very first chance.
A court heard the actress, who also appeared in the hit film four weddings and a funeral, as well as directing episodes of victim, Waterloo Road and Coronation Street, had 18mcg cocaine in her blood, the legal limit was 10 mcg and more than 240 MCG Benzoylecgon. Shown: on victim in 2020
She admitted that she was driving in her system with cocaine and drove without the necessary care and attention and was banned for 22 months and ordered a fine of £ 485. Shown: in 2018, Links and 2012, right
Meal left the victim of in March 2021 after seven years. Her lawyer, Edward Lloyd, told the court that the defendant does not accept Mr. Le Sage's report on his injuries. Shown: in December
“It's something she is deeply ashamed of. She is not at all someone who uses drugs. Her brother died of an overdose of drugs when he was 18 and she says she should have known better. '
He said she had a terrible time after the death of her father, her best friend and her dog, and she also went through divorce procedures.
She visited a friend where she took the drugs and kept spending the night.
She drove home the next morning and was just a few meters from her front door in Deeping St. Nicholas when the accident happened.
Mr. Lloyd told the court that the meal could not initially explain why her car drifted to the other side of the road.
Paramedics on the spot, however, thought that she had a hypoglykemic attack because her blood glucose levels were alarmingly low, which could have been the cause of the accident.
He added: “She just doesn't know what happened, she suspects she was unconscious.”
No medical evidence was offered to the court that Meal is suffering from diabetes and Mr Lloyd said based on the evidence, an expert could not conclude that she was unconscious at the time of the accident.
Mr. Le Sage was serious injury to the crash and still feels the effects 14 months later. Shown: with its new Skoda
Mr. Lloyd told the court that the meal could not initially give her car to the other side of the road
He added: 'She reluctantly accepted my advice that she is in a car in the circumstances, it is driven to the other side of the road, so she has to argue guilty.
“She was shocked about what happened, she's still.”
Meal allowed to control a motor vehicle with part of a specified medicine above the specified limit and drive without care and attention.
The court heard that, because it is still not known, which made her blood glucose values ​​fell, the meal had surrendered her driver's license.
The court heard that she is currently not working and that she receives a 'tokens salary' of £ 935 a month from her employer.
No compensation warrant was given, as the court said that this was a matter for insurance companies to deal with.
The court heard that she had no previous convictions of a similar nature, but that she was previously banned to ride under the procedure of the punishment.
After the hearing on Friday, Mr. Le Sage said: 'I am happy that it is over for my family and I am so happy and grateful for their support about what has been a very difficult time.
“I hope that the Sainsbury family can now continue with their lives.”
