Co Armagh woman's car ended up in the middle of a Craigavon roundabout, court hears
A Co Armagh woman whose car ended up in the middle of a Craigavon roundabout has been given a driving ban.
A barrister for the 27-year-old pleaded guilty to a raft of driving charges before Craigavon Magistrates Court.
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Chloe O’Hanlon, from Church Street, Middletown, faced two sets of charges.
She was accused of failing to report an accident at Brownlow Road, Craigavon, failing to remain there and careless driving on December 22, 2025.
She was also charged with speeding on August 22, 2025.
O’Hanlon’s barrister, Mr John Paul McCann, said his client pleaded guilty to all charges.
The court heard police received a report of a damage-only road traffic collision on a roundabout off the Brownlow Road, Craigavon on December 22 last year.
Officers found the vehicle in the middle of the roundabout. It was locked and no one was present at the scene.
The last known owner of the vehicle was the defendant who could not be located. Police spoke to a family member who said she wasn’t at home.
Several more attempts to contact her failed, the prosecutor told the court.
After even more attempts the defendant eventually attended Lurgan police station. During interview she admitted failing to remain and report the collision but denied careless driving.
On August 22 last year shortly after 2pm, a Mercedes Benz was spotted travelling at 51mph in a 30mph zone on the Armagh Road, Portadown.
Mr McCann said his client instructs that her speed ‘crept up’ on that occasion.
In relation to the other set of charges he said O’Hanlon made full admissions to failing to report and remain and accepts that she was involved in the accident in question.
The barrister said his client has had “quite a difficult life” and suffers from mental health and addiction issues plus has suffered some bereavements recently.
"I’m told she was the victim of a very serious assault at the time of these offences,” said Mr McCann adding, “She didn’t deal with her affairs in a timely fashion.”
When asked by District Judge Michael Ranaghan why she didn’t remain, Mr McCann said he didn’t have that information.
O’Hanlon was given a two months driving ban for all the offences before the court. She was also fined £100 for each offence plus £15 offender levy.