Best-selling crime writer Lynda La Plante broke down in tears after pleading with a court not to ban her from driving.
The 83-year-old author and screenwriter said it would end her writing career if she was disqualified, because she would not be able to meet up with criminals and other sources for her work.
And La Plante – mastermind behind the Prime Suspect series starring Dame Helen Mirren – said a ban would stop her driving to take her beloved guard dog Theo for a walk in fields, and leading her to stop writing altogether.
She told magistrates she believes she would have
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