Pensioner who mowed down two grans 'repeatedly' told he was unfit to drive
26.01.2024 - 20:17
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A pensioner who killed two grandmothers after hitting them with his car was repeatedly warned he was unfit to drive.
Marie Cunningham and Grace Foulds both died after being struck by Glyn Jones in Southport on November 30, 2021. The lecturer, who had been told over ten years ago that he had a degenerative eye condition, remained emotionless as he was locked up on Friday.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Jones, 67, had been driving his Audi when he struck 79-year-old Ms Cunningham and 85-year-old Ms Foulds. Both women, who had been making their way home from an afternoon social club, died the same day as a result of the "catastrophic injuries" they sustained during the incident.
Henry Riding, prosecuting, described how the two "great friends" had been returning from Southport by bus and got off at a stop on Lulworth Road. They were crossing the 30mph street together when they were struck by the vehicle, which was travelling in the direction of the town centre. Our sister title, the Liverpool Echo, reports how the incident was captured on CCTV.
The footage showed that Jones did not break before impact. It also showed how he had stopped and "remained stationary for approximately 10 seconds" afterwards, but his car was then "driven forwards slightly" - when it could be "seen to move in an upwards and downwards motion before stopping again", at which point Ms Cunningham "became visible to the rear of the vehicle".
The defendant then got out of the driver's seat and remained at the scene. Mr Riding said that pathological and forensic evidence did not "show categorically that Ms Cunningham was driven over". However, there was an "absence of any other items in the immediate vicinity to explain such a motion".
The prosecutor added: "If