A drink driver who killed a "a lot liked" great-grandmother in a horrific crash was jailed for 4 years at present.
Shaun Munro ploughed into Katrina Smith's automobile after going onto the improper facet of the highway on the A96 Brodie to Forres route in Moray.
A decide advised him: "You pled responsible to the very critical offence of inflicting the demise of Katrina Smith by driving dangerously and while inebriated."
Lord Matthews mentioned: "She was a a lot liked mom, grandmother and nice grandmother who was very lively."
The decide mentioned on the Excessive Court docket in Edinburgh that no sentence he may cross may make up for her loss.
Lord Matthews mentioned: "You have been your self critically injured, albeit fully by means of your individual fault, and have tried suicide due to what you probably did."
He advised Munro (28) of Swordale, Lewis, that he would have confronted a six 12 months jail time period if convicted after trial however the sentence can be discounted following his responsible plea.
Munro earlier admitted inflicting the demise of the 76-year-old sufferer by driving dangerously on April 28 in 2019 and whereas unfit having consumed alcohol.
He failed to keep up observations, didn't hold management of his automobile and failed to barter a bend within the highway and went on to the improper facet of the highway and didn't take motion to keep away from a collision.
The sufferer, from Burghead, in Moray, was on her method to a automobile boot sale when she misplaced her life within the crash.
Advocate depute Owen Mullan mentioned witnesses noticed the Isuzu being pushed by Munro progressively drift from the eastbound lane and cross the centre line into the opposing carriageway earlier than colliding head on with the Peugeot pushed by the sufferer.
The prosecutor mentioned it was obvious that Mrs Smith had suffered "catastrophic accidents" within the collision.
Munro suffered leg accidents within the crash and was flown to hospital. He mentioned he had no recollection of the incident and was discovered to have 97 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. The authorized restrict is 50 mg.
Defence counsel Ronnie Renucci QC mentioned: "This can be a tragic case all spherical and I say that while recognising that the one true sufferer is Mrs Smith and the influence that has had on her household."
He mentioned Munro was "really sorry" for his actions and added: "He has discovered dwelling with the information that his actions have taken the lifetime of one other nearly insufferable of event."
Mr Renucci mentioned Munro had made a real try and take his personal life and was hospitalised consequently.
"He has no reminiscence of the accident and he has no reminiscence of the occasions main as much as it," he advised the court docket.
The defence counsel mentioned Munro accepted that a jail sentence was "inevitable" however added that he was assessed as posing a low danger of hurt to others in future.
Mr Renucci mentioned Munro had been in full-time employment up till the collision however was now unable to work due to the accidents he sustained.
He mentioned that Munro, who appeared within the dock utilizing a pair of crutches, was consuming the evening earlier than the morning crash.
Munro was banned from driving for seven years.
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