Alfred Brand admitted driving without due care and attention
A 79-year-old man who knocked down and killed an 80-year-old woman has been given a four-month tagging order and banned from driving for five years.
Alfred Brand's car hit Dulcie Richards as she crossed Boglemart Street, in Stevenston, North Ayrshire, in April 2014. She later died in hospital.
Brand, from Irvine, claimed not to have seen Mrs Richards despite the good conditions and her bright pink coat.
He admitted causing her death while driving without due care and attention.
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court previously heard how Mrs Richards, a widow for 25 years, was returning home from a shopping trip when she was struck by Brand's car.
Good visibility
Visibility was good and the road was damp but not wet at the time.
Brand, who was 77 when the incident happened, told numerous witnesses he had not seen Mrs Richards, the court heard.
Paramedics and a local GP treated the victim at the scene and she was taken to Crosshouse Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
James Irvine, defending, said Brand was "devastated" to have caused Mrs Richards' death and had "exhibited genuine remorse and distress since the accident".
Imposing a tagging order, Sheriff Shirley Foran told Brand that while the case was a "grave matter", she accepted his remorse.
- Published21 July 2015
