It is not the first time Hamilton's driving has put him in trouble with the police.

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The school trip to a jail in Washington DC was intended as a cautionary lesson in what could happen if youngsters misbehaved and got into trouble with the police.

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Meanwhile, police have praised those with influence in the loyalist and republican communities for helping avert trouble at Tuesday's Ballymena parade.

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Trouble with the police led Carly to two terms of detention - first at West Cross House in Swansea and then the Hillside Secure Unit in Neath.

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In a sign of the Kremlin's nervousness, riot police from Moscow have been sent to deal with the trouble.

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