Speeding motorist is convicted of killing woman, 49
AN ‘idiot’ driver who killed a woman in a crash after speeding was told by a judge yesterday that he had committed ‘the gravest of offences’.
Steven Keiro’s silver Mitsubishi Lancer collided with a car being driven by Linsy Gordon on the A862 Dingwall to Ardullie road, in Ross-shire, on October 24, in 2014.
The 49-year-old mother and care manager died later that day in Raigmore Hospital, in Inverness, after firefighters freed her from her vehicle.
She had been returning to her home in Evanton, Easter Ross, after walking in the Cairngorms with work colleagues.
Keiro, 25, of Smithton, Inverness, was found lying on the road beside his vehicle, with extensive damage to both cars.
He had denied causing death by driving dangerously at excessive speed on the A9 and A862 and losing control of his car which went into the path of the oncoming vehicle.
But after he was found guilty of the offence at the High Court in
‘Deeply affected by this’
Edinburgh Lord Armstrong told him: ‘You have been convicted now of the gravest of offences. You have taken the life of another while driving dangerously.
‘I have no doubt the family of Linsy Gordon will be deeply affected by this and I also have no doubt that nothing I can do by way of penalty will assuage their loss.’
Following the verdict, the court heard that non-destructive testing technician Keiro had been banned from driving for seven months and fined £400 for a speeding offence at Inverness Sheriff Court in 2015.
Kevin Ellis, 56, who was driving a bus between Tain and Inverness, said at one stage he was driving towards the A9 to head in the direction of Dingwall.
He told the court he saw a silver car ahead of him on the A9 and noticed its speed.
He was estimated that the vehicle was travelling at 80 to 85mph on the road which has a 60mph limit.
He told advocate depute Sheena Fraser: ‘I just thought, “What an idiot going at that speed”.’
Sentence was deferred and Lord Armstrong imposed an interim driving ban on Keiro.