Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter A treasured NHS employee described as a "shining beacon" was knocked off her bike and tragically killed by a hit and run driver.
Jennifer Dowd was struck by 24-year-old Lucy Ashton's Ford Focus vehicle just yards from her family home on a sunny September 27 2020.
Ashton claimed that the sun was in her eyes and that she left her victim lying on the road in Sefton Village, Merseyside, because she "panicked".
Liverpool Crown Court heard on October 5 how the care support worker had been up until 2:30am rowing with her partner and was late for work, reports Liverpool Echo.Judge David Aubrey, QC, stated that she was in a "rush" or
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