A NEWCASTLE Emlyn driver must pay more than £500 in fines and costs and has had her licence endorsed following an accident.

Susan Margaret Cousins, of Quarry Ffinnant, Newcastle Emlyn pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention and also admitted failing to stop after an accident in which another person was hurt.

Magistrates at Aberystwyth Justice Centre heard that the accident occurred when 50-year-old Cousins was driving an Audi TT on December 30 last year on the A475 outside Newcastle Emlyn Rugby Club.

Cousins was fined £215 for each offence, her licence was endorsed and seven penalty points imposed. She was also ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £30 victim surcharge.