Woman, 88, who drove over pedestrian in shopping centre car park avoids jail

Driver reversed into woman, knocking her to the ground, and  continued to reverse at speed, driving over the victim as she lay on the ground, court heard

Mary Magowan, of Newtown Park Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing serious injury on October 18, 2021. Picture: Paddy Cummins

An elderly woman who drove over a pedestrian who was walking behind her car has been given a one-year suspended sentence.

Mary Magowan, 88, was parked up in the overflow carpark of Stillorgan Shopping Centre in Dublin when she reversed into Suzanne Brennan who was walking behind her vehicle. Magowan knocked the woman to the ground but she continued to reverse at speed, driving over the victim as she lay on the ground.