Driver who fatally injured Tullibody grandfather is spared prison sentence

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Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.He added that Melvin’s speed had not been “grossly excessive” and there was no suggestion of any factors such as drink-driving or mobile phone use.Sheriff Derek Hamilton sentenced Melvin to 300 hours of unpaid work, and banned him from driving for two years.He ordered he should resit an extended driving test before getting his licence back.He said: “I find it to be particularly tragic that Mr McLean’s daughter and grandchildren saw him shortly before he crossed the road, that he was able to wave to them, and that will be their last memory of him.”He told Melvin: “Your failure, however tragic the consequences were, was that you simply failed to to pay attention.“I don’t imagine that.