Kate Ritchie: Stuart Webb has AVO extended in court
Gold Logie winner Kate Ritchie’s husband, former NRL player Stuart Webb, has a history of drink driving and won’t be able to have alcohol for 12 months around his wife.
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Gold Logie winner Kate Ritchie’s husband Stuart Webb will not be able to have a drink around his wife for a year and has to pass a breathalyser to drive his car for the next 12 months.
The former rugby league player had his apprehended violence order to protect Ritchie extended at Waverley Local Court on Thursday.
The AVO was applied for by police following an incident at their family home on October 17.
It restricts Webb from drinking for 12 hours before seeing the former Home And Away star Ritchie.
He was also sentenced to a 12 months community corrections order and ordered to have an interlock device fitted to his car for 12 months after he was convicted for driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.083 and without a licence.
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Court documents stated the 39-year-old had a history of drunk driving and the latest offence was his fifth since 1999.
The documents revealed Webb was driving on Avoca St, Randwick at 4.11pm on March 26 when police noticed him drive across the stop line at a red light.
Police stopped him and he gave them his driver’s licence number.
“(Webb) smelt moderately of intoxicating liquor, his eyes were glazed and bloodshot,” the court documents state.
“(Webb) stated he had consumed two schooners of Toohey’s New beer at the Royal Hotel at Randwick.
“He did not know what time he started drinking, but finished about 4pm ... and was driving home to his address in Randwick.”
He told police he was unaware his driver’s licence was expired.
The sentence comes at a difficult time for Ritchie who has recently lost her dog Mac.
Ritchie posted a tear-jerking post on Instagram thanking the family pet.
“You were so patient. Trying to tell us for a while now it was time for you to go and today you did,” she wrote.
“Thank you Mac for the joy you delivered, the love we all exchanged and for those kind, knowing eyes.
“For having the softest ears and for being the best lawn pillow anyone could ask for.”
Originally published as Kate Ritchie: Stuart Webb has AVO extended in court