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49x03: TBA Oct 9, 2016 60 Minutes reporter sacked for drink using has can charge pushed aside - after arguing she turned into fired since the demonstrate did not need extra dangerous publicity after the Lebanon kidnapping scandal Rebecca Le Torneau changed into charged with low range drink using on June 9 She turned into fired from 60 Minutes over the drink driving incident shortly after Claims she misplaced her job as 60 Minutes turned into concerned in an extra controversy The incident came just after Tara Brown's kidnapping scandal in Lebanon through Belinda provide Geary For every day Mail Australia published: 10:25 EST, 10 October 2016 | up to date: 10:25 EST, 10 October 2016 e mail 19 View comments A journalist who turned into sacked from 60 Minutes over a drink riding conviction has had her charge overturned on enchantment after blaming Channel nine's response to a botched kidnapping scandal for her dismissal. Rebecca Le Tourneau became charged with low latitude drink using after she again a blood alcohol reading of 0.059 per cent when she changed into pulled over via police in Glebe, an inner metropolis suburb of Sydney, at around 2.35pm on June 9. The fifty three-12 months-historic became fined and exceeded a three month using disqualification however had her conviction overturned in the Downing District court on Monday after claiming she couldn't maintain her profession as a contract journalist without a licence. Scroll down for video Rebecca Le Tourneau changed into fired from 60 Minutes for drink riding however has had her charge pushed aside on enchantment after blaming Channel 9's response to a kidnapping scandal for her dismissal Her lawyer argued the Walkey Award successful journalist's case was tremendously publicised which made her employers at Channel nine keen to distance themselves from her following 60 Minutes' recent involvement in kidnapping two infants from Lebanon. 'This case acquired a superb deal of press. [60 Minutes] had just gone in the course of the aborted abduction adventure and as a result of that she turned into relieved of her place and not works at Channel nine,' barrister William Barber spoke of according to the every day Telegraph. 'it's a really unlucky circumstance however the publicity of that abduction ended in her [Le Tourneau] losing her place,' he brought. Channel 9 grew to be embroiled in the scandal when 4 members of a 60 Minutes crew, including senior reporter Tara Brown, have been detained by using Lebanese authorities within the nation's capital of Beirut. Channel nine became embroiled in the scandal when 4 participants of a 60 Minutes crew, together with senior reporter Tara Brown (left), have been detained by Lebanese authorities in Beirut Police accused the crew of procuring and filming the attempted kidnapping of Australian mom Sally Faulkner's two little ones Noah, four, and Lahela, 5 Police accused the crew of paying for and filming the tried kidnapping of Australian mom Sally Faulkner's two children Noah, 4, and Lahela, 5, after their father Ali el-Amien moved them to the center East with out her permission.