A COURT hearing has taken place for a woman accused of drink-driving on the M40 whilst being in charge of a seven-year-old child.

Jasmit Chopra, of Glenfield Road, Leicester, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on August 29 charged with one count each of drink-driving and being drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven.

The 27-year-old is accused of drink-driving on the M40 near Oxford on August 3 this year with 54 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

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It is alleged that the child was in the vehicle at the time.

Chopra appeared for her first hearing at the lower court.

The case has been adjourned for a trial of issue on September 13 at the same court.