NEWSREADER Carol Barnes has been sacked as a magistrate after being convicted of drink driving, the Department for Constitutional Affairs has said.
Ms Barnes, 60, right, has been officially removed from the bench for ten years by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer,
In a letter to the former ITN newsreader, who uses her married name of Thomson, Lord Falconer said he had no choice but to dismiss her.
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