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| Marquess admits road rage charge | Marquess admits road rage charge |
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| An aristocrat has admitted three driving charges including a road rage attack on another motorist's car. | An aristocrat has admitted three driving charges including a road rage attack on another motorist's car. |
| The Marquess of Blandford, Charles Spencer-Churchill, pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, careless driving and one of criminal damage. | The Marquess of Blandford, Charles Spencer-Churchill, pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, careless driving and one of criminal damage. |
| The 51-year-old, who appeared at Oxford Crown Court, was released on bail and will be sentenced next month. | The 51-year-old, who appeared at Oxford Crown Court, was released on bail and will be sentenced next month. |
| He is currently being treated at the Priory Hospital, where he has been a patient for the last month. | He is currently being treated at the Priory Hospital, where he has been a patient for the last month. |
| 'Tailgated drivers' | |
| Judge Morton-Jack, who released the marquess on bail for a pre-sentence report and a medical report, said: "I don't want to probe into every nook and cranny of his past but I do think I need to know what his condition is in some detail." | |
| On Monday, the court heard the heir to the Blenheim Palace estate admitted a charge of dangerous driving on the A4260, between Banbury and Wootton in Oxfordshire, in January this year. | |
| He also admitted a charge of careless driving and criminal damage following an incident on the A4095 in the county on 22 August last year. | |
| In that incident, the court heard Spencer-Churchill "tailgated other drivers at high speed, twice overtook motorist Graeme Kennedy and stopped suddenly, causing Mr Kennedy to brake sharply". |