Judge Bidois refused Edwards' application for a discharge without conviction, and convicted and fined her $900 plus costs, and disqualified her from driving for six months.
But in Tauranga District Court yesterday it was revealed that Edwards had been granted a rehearing to be heard this October 2 after she had appealed Judge Bidois' findings last year.
That appeal was heard in the High Court at Rotorua on April 16 by Justice Geoffrey Venning.
Justice Venning's written judgment, obtained by the Bay of Plenty Times, revealed that the notes of evidence from the original defended hearing were not available.
Justice Venning said these notes were crucial to the appeal but due to an administrative error or technical problem with in-court recording system the evidence was never recorded.
In those circumstances, the Crown solicitor Greg Hollister-Jones, representing police, conceded it was not possible to object to allowing the appeal.
Justice Venning said he was satisfied that in the interest of justice there needed to be a rehearing but directed it take place in the Tauranga District Court.
If Edwards was successful in defending the prosecution that would be the end of the matter, but if she was convicted again then she would still have a right to appeal that conviction and/or any sentence, he said.
However, Edwards' lawyer Patrick Winkler filed an application to recall Justice Venning's judgment and sought leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal, which he heard on June 14.
Mr Winkler argued that in the event of a conviction at the rehearing there was the risk of double jeopardy in relation to the disqualification, which Ms Edwards had already served.
In a written judgment dated June 15, Justice Venning dismissed her application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal, saying he was satisfied that the question of the disqualification was a matter that should be left with by the judge dealing with the rehearing.
The Bay of Plenty Times has been informed Edwards has challenged Justice Venning's ruling and again sought leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Judge Thomas Ingram told Mr Winkler's lawyer agent, Tony Balme, yesterday that he was not prepared to wait until the outcome of Edward's further appeal, and scheduled a three-hour rehearing fixture on October 2.