A BANNED driver who had a head-on crash after drinking and taking cocaine had his two young children in the front seat illegally, a court heard.Matthew Hawkins, 26, of Fox Crescent, Chelmsford, was trying to overtake a car on Wheatfield Way on 28 June in a hired Vauxhall Corsa of his ex-partner when the collision occurred.At Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday last week, Michael Epstein, prosecuting, said: "Hawkins took the Corsa although he was banned from driving by Chelmsford Magistrates'...
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