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Woman let girl under 10 drive car through village

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BBC A woman with long blonde hair tied up in a ponytail, with a beige checked shirt and sunglasses, arrives at court. She has a water bottle tucked under her arm and is holding an iPhone.BBC

Sophie-Leigh Gemmell admitted culpable and reckless conduct

A woman allowed a girl who was under 10 years old to drive a car through a Scottish village, a court has heard.

Sophie-Leigh Gemmell, 32, admitted culpable and reckless conduct after footage emerged of the incident in Crimond, Aberdeenshire.

The young girl was driving the car barefoot and in bad weather on 10 July last year.

At Peterhead Sheriff Court, sentence on Gemmell was deferred for reports until next month.

A picture taken from inside the car looking out the front windscreen

A video of the incident was seen on social media

She admitted culpably and recklessly, and with utter disregard for the consequenes, allowing a child to drive a motor vehicle on a public road in poor weather and barefoot.

A video of the incident, which lasted about a minute, was seen on social media.

It showed the child driving in the dark, using the wipers and indicators. Music was playing in the car.

Gemmell declined to comment as she left court.


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