A 96-year-old has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to causing the death of a woman by dangerous driving.
June Mills, from Ainsdale on Merseyside was handed an 18-month suspended sentence at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.
She pleaded guilty to causing the death of Brenda Joyce, 76, in Formby in August last year, after hitting the woman and another pedestrian when her car mounted the pavement.
Mills is thought to be one of the oldest people in the UK to be convicted of death by dangerous driving.
The court heard last month that Mills mounted the kerb because she applied too much accelerator while driving her Vauxhall Corsa, and that she accepted her driving was below the normal standard.
Defending Mills, Tom Gent told the court: “The accelerator pedal fell down beneath her foot, she panicked and failed to react to that.”
He added her mobility had worsened since the collision, noting she was only able to walk a few paces and would be unlikely to be fit to carry out unpaid work.
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Ms Joyce was pronounced dead at the scene on Elbow Lane in Formby.
The other pedestrian hit by Mills – an 80-year-old woman – suffered slight injuries.
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