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.
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