HGV driver who killed cyclist spared jail after widow’s plea Wife of victim urges against prison sentence, and asks driver to campaign for road safety cycling
A lorry driver who killed a cyclist on a country road in Scotland has been spared jail after the rider’s widows urged a court to show him clemency.
The offence to which McGarry, who was heading to Fort William at the time of the collision and had been a lorry driver for 42 years, entered his guilty plea carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment. McGarry, from Whitehaven, Cumbria, was described by his advocate Gillian Ross as being “extremely touched” by Dr Maharaj’s comments.
She added that McGarry, who was described as being distressed and in shock following the crash, has not driven since then, and is receiving treatment for PTSD.
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