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A teacher wept in court as she was sentenced for causing the death by careless driving of a mum after she looked away from the road for a "couple of seconds". Distraught Emma Parkes wiped away tears with a tissue during sentencing at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Friday over the death of 73-year-old Yvonne Roberts - whose son described her in a statement as "an extremely giving person".
Coventry-born Ms Roberts, of Sheffield, lost her life, and Parkes was seriously injured, and has "life-changing injuries" and is suffering from "deep-seated emotional trauma", the court heard. The 25-year-old, of Cherry Tree Close, North Hykeham, Lincoln, remembers very little about the accident, said her lawyer, Sarah Green.
District Judge Gillian Young gave Parkes a 12-month community order, with 120 hours of unpaid work, a £95 victim surcharge, £85 costs, and a driving ban for 18 months. And she told Parkes: "You are before the court for a grave and catastrophic mistake". Ms Roberts was one of four girls who grew up in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland. She left the family home in 1969 and married her first husband and moved to Sheffield.
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