Judge revokes bond for reality TV star charged with killing Portsmouth man in drunken crash
Prosecutors said they plan to upgrade the charge to aggravated DUI manslaughter. The crime is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and requires a minimum of one year in jail.
Hancock walked into the courtroom Friday with the assistance of a walker.
Her attorney,
She has had one surgery to install plates and screws to mend the fractures, and will need more later, he said. Her mother, who was in the courtroom Friday along with two of Hancock's aunts, has been caring for her.
"The jail is in no way capable of taking care of this woman," Morecock told the judge.
Padrick said that while he was concerned about the burden caring for Hancock will be for the jail, he believed the charges against her were too serious to allow her to remain on bond.
Police said Hancock was driving her 2011
Dill, a
He was on his way to pick up his wife,
Hancock told a state police trooper that she had two to four mixed drinks at Peabody's Nightclub at the Oceanfront about an hour before the crash, according to a police summary of the incident. Hancock is 4 feet tall and weighs 77 pounds, according to a court summons.
The police summary said her blood alcohol content tested at 0.112 two hours later, but prosecutor
Hancock was taken to the hospital for treatment and later released to the jail. A judge granted her a
Hancock had just moved to
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