Scots bus driver who killed pensioner is banned from the road

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A bus driver who knocked over and killed an elderly football supporter who was making his way home from watching a match has been banned from the road.Alan Boyd, 35, drove his single decker McGills bus into the opposite carriageway and struck pensioner Allan Moir at Haymarket in Edinburgh on February 4 last year.The newly-qualified driver crossed into a designated tram lane and collided with the 79-year-old who fell to the ground and suffered "head trauma with a heavily bleeding would to the rear of his skull".

Mr Moir, a father or four and a grandfather of five, was heading home after attending the Hearts versus Dundee United Scottish Premiership match at Tynecastle Park where he had held a season ticket for 70 years.Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told novice bus driver Boyd was in control of the single decker bus travelling from Edinburgh to Falkirk for only the second time on his own following his training.

Boyd admitted driving without due care and attention and knocking Allan Moir to the ground, causing him to be so severely injured he died, when he appeared at the capital court last month.He returned to the dock for sentencing on November 29 where Sheriff Ian Anderson spared him a custodial sentence and instead issued a community payback order.

Boyd, of Westfield, Cumbernauld, was placed on a supervision order for six months and ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work.He was also banned from driving for 24 months and must pass the extended test before he's allowed to drive again.