Death crash pensioner cleared due to dementia

A PENSIONER charged with causing a baby boy’s death through careless driving has been found not guilty after jurors found that her undiagnosed dementia had affected her. Shelagh Robertson, 75, was driving home when she turned into the path of a van in Cambridgeshire on January 22 last year, Cambridge Crown Court heard. The collision forced the van on to the pavement where it hit Rachael Thorold and her five-month-old son Louis Thorold, killing Louis and seriously injured Mrs Thorold.