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A woman from Bodmin has pleaded guilty to shining a laser at a police helicopter while it was on a search mission.
A justice of the peace in Bodmin Magistrates Court gave Kim Upton, 54, of Hillside Park a conditional discharge and told her she had "acted recklessly and stupidly".
The court heard a laser had been pointed to the sky seven times around midnight on an evening in August while police officers in the aircraft were searching for a high-risk missing person using thermal imaging gear.
Upton told the police she had not deliberately targeted the helicopter but had been using the green laser to light her garden for her dog.
