A TOP councillor has admitted drink-driving after crashing into a parked car, writing off both vehicles.
Steven Henderson, leader of the Community Representatives party in Harwich and Tendring Council’s portfolio holder for housing, admitted one charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol at Colchester Magistrates Court on Thursday.
The court heard that Henderson, 55 of Clayton Road, Ramsey, was driving along Fronks Road in Harwich on October 9 last year when he lost control of his Peugeot and collided with a stationary car.
Henderson was handed a 12 month community order, ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work, ordered to pay £85 costs and banned from driving for two years.
* Full story in Friday's Gazette
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