Jail sentence spared as reward
A JUDGE rewarded a New Forest woman for staying off drugs by not sending her to prison.
Judge Gary Burrell QC had earlier warned Sarah Hobby, 40, of Woodvale Road, New Milton, that she would be jailed for 15 months for battery, racially aggravated harassment and affray if she reoffended. When she turned up for sentencing, he was told she had not committed any further offences and had not given any positive drug tests.
The judge extended her drug rehabilitation requirement by two months.
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