A Glasgow court has ruled that a woman whose dangerous driving took the life of a 73 year old pensioner and seriously injured three others would be spared prison time because spending tim in jail will cause her family hardship. Anna-Marie Strachan veered on to the wrong side of the A90 between Fraserburgh and Peterhead in Aberdeenshire on July 31, 2014.
Pensioner Mr Thomson, who was behind the wheel of the Passat, suffered serious injuries in the crash but died the following day. Mr Thomson’s wife Frances and two young children were also seriously hurt. On Wednesday at the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lady Stacey said she had thought “long and hard” about the case.
She noted Strachan was the mother of two young children and their main carer and a jail sentence could mean her husband losing his job and the family home. The judge said these factors were behind her decision not to hand Strachan a custodial sentence. Strachan was instead sentenced to 300 hours’ unpaid community work and banned from driving for eight years.
Original article by Stv
