A young Blenheim woman accused of causing a fatal crash after fleeing a police drink-driving checkpoint also faces a charge of shoplifting.
Frances Carol Stubbs, 20, a factory hand, made her first appearance in the Blenheim District Court yesterday charged with causing the death of Penelope Rae Phillips, 51, while driving with excess blood-alcohol on March 19.
Police have said Stubbs sped off after taking a breath test at a checkpoint in Alfred St, Blenheim, and crashed into Ms Phillips' car at the Hutcheson St-Nelson St roundabout. Ms Phillips died at the scene.
The court charge sheet says Stubbs' blood-alcohol level was 120 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg.
She also appeared on a charge of shoplifting, involving $74.98 worth of makeup from the Farmers store in Blenheim on June 11.
No pleas were entered and she was remanded to reappear on July 5.
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