Kate Ritchie

Kate Ritchie's world came crashing down last week after she was slapped with a drink-driving charge on the eve of her big TV comeback.

Kate was just eight years old when she entered the spotlight in 1988, starring as Sally Fletcher on long-running soap Home and Away (pictured). (Pictured in Melbourne on January 23, 2015) (Pictured together in Sydney on September 15, 2011) (Pictured in Sydney on January 11, 2019) She tested positive by the roadside and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station where she underwent a secondary breath analysis which returned a positive reading of 0.06, just a shade over the legal limit of 0.05. Ritchie tested positive by the roadside and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station where she underwent a secondary breath analysis which returned a positive reading of 0.06, just a shade over the legal limit of 0.05 On Sunday, Kate apologised for her actions in a statement on Instagram and said she had made a 'poor decision'. The Nova personality tested positive after she was stopped by police for a random breath test and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station last Monday The radio personality tested positive after she was stopped for a random breath test and was immediately arrested and taken to Maroubra Police Station. In November 2019 Kate and Mae moved out of the family home in Randwick, in Sydney's east, and began living in a granny flat owned by friends from her Home and Away days. She was on the show for 20 years, and has admitted she found it difficult to find her own identity outside of her beloved character Kate Ritchie's world came crashing down last week after she was slapped with a drink-driving charge on the eve of her big TV comeback.