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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Daniel Johns avoids full-time jail over drink-driving crash

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns arrives at Raymond Terrace courthouse with his lawyer Bryan Wrench on Wednesday morning. Picture: Simone De Peak

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns has escaped a full-time jail term over a case of high-range drink-driving that led to a crash after he drove in the wrong direction along the Pacific Highway.

Raymond Terrace Local Court heard on Wednesday that Johns had a "demonic relationship with alcohol" and had been self-medicating with it when the smash occurred - he was three times the legal limit at the time.

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