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Northland man admits drink-driving causing injury to eight-year-old boy

Sarah Curtis
Sarah Curtis
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24 Jan, 2022 06:19 PM2 mins to read

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The scene in Tauroa Street, Raumanga, after a crash caused by drink-driver Peter Stringfellow. Photo / supplied

The scene in Tauroa Street, Raumanga, after a crash caused by drink-driver Peter Stringfellow. Photo / supplied

A child remains in a concerning medical condition after being critically injured in a head-on collision in Raumanga, the Whangārei District Court has heard.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Goodall told the court an eight-year-old boy was in a coma for about three weeks as a result of the December 28 crash, which happened about 3.45pm on Tauroa St, Raumanga.

Nearly a month later, the boy is still unable to walk or talk properly, Goodall said.

The boy was a passenger in a vehicle when it was struck by Peter Stringfellow, 53, who was driving.

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Stringfellow has numerous prior convictions for driving offences - 10 for drink-driving and nine for driving while disqualified.

His blood-alcohol reading after this crash was 217mg - the equivalent of a breath-alcohol reading of 1085mcg.

Appearing briefly in court yesterday, he pleaded guilty to drink-driving causing injury, driving while disqualified for a third or subsequent time, and a breach of intensive supervision.

Judge Gene Tomlinson further remanded Stringfellow in custody for sentencing on April 6.

A pre-sentence report was ordered and the case referred to the restorative justice process.

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The sentence of intensive supervision, which Stringfellow breached by consuming alcohol, was imposed on him earlier last year for another drink-drive offence.

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