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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 was released on bail and will be sentenced next month at Oxford Crown Court.
He is currently being treated at the Priory Hospital, where he has been a patient for the last month. The heir to the Duke of Marlborough is currently being treated at the Priory Hospital in London.
'Tailgated drivers''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." Judge David 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.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.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".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".
Swearing and shouting
Judge Morton-Jack said the peer had "cut sharply in front of Mr Kennedy's car, causing him to swerve on to the wrong side of the road".
The marquess then stopped in the middle of the road, blocking both lanes of traffic, ran back to Mr Kennedy's car swearing and shouting and kicked out at the driver's door.
The prosecution accepted the troubled aristocrat's not guilty plea to dangerous driving.
But he admitted a lesser charge of careless driving, the court heard.
Barrister Rachel Drake said the incident was being treated as road rage.