Mr Riordan said Ms Smith was a woman of good character with no previous convictions.

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Tuesday's legal challenge concerns one teenager, with no previous convictions, who was held for 12 hours overnight and released without charge.

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He was said to be a young, inexperienced driver with a clean driving licence, of good character and with no previous convictions.

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One 18-year-old girl, an apprentice pastrycook with no previous convictions, was given an eight-month sentence for attempting to set light to a car.

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