DUP assembly member and Policing Board member Joanne Bunting has denied careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
The 46-year-old was yesterday charged at Newtownards Magistrates Court, sitting in Belfast, with four offences arising from an incident on March 3 this year.
The East Belfast MLA, with an address in Ards, is accused of driving carelessly on the Movilla Road in the town and three offences alleging that following an accident which caused an injury to another person, she failed to stop, remain and report her details to the police within a reasonable time.
None of the facts surrounding the case were heard during the brief hearing and after her defence solicitor entered not guilty pleas to each of the charges, District Judge Mark Hamill adjourned it to September 7.
