North Antrim woman tells court that a goat ate her summons
A north Antrim woman has told a court that a goat ate her summons.
Jane Glass (50), with an address listed as Craigalappan Road at Straid near Ballycastle, admitted a charge of speeding.
She was detected doing 37mph in a 30mph zone on February 21 last year.
The case was mentioned at Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Thursday, February 12.
The defendant had gone to Coleraine courthouse by mistake but eventually appeared in Ballymena.
She told Ballymena court a summons had been delivered to a previous address of her's at "Clogher Road" and "there is a pet goat there, she got hold of the summons, so there was only bits of it".
District Judge Nigel Broderick said: "The goat ate your summons".
The defendant said: "There was bits of it. It is really embarrassing but that is what happened".
She was given three penalty points and a £60 fine for speeding.