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An 82-year-old man has been spared jail after he reversed his car into a woman at a motorway service station - leaving her confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

David Cornick lost control of his electric car and crushed the 62-year old against her own vehicle in 2023.

The retired tree surgeon lost control of his Nissan Leaf whilst moving out of a parking space when he says he put his foot on what he thought was the brake when it was in fact the accelerator.

The woman, who had been stood near the rear of her VW Golf at Knutsford services on the M6 in Cheshire , was left with multiple injuries including fractures to her thigh and pelvis and she needed up to seven blood transfusions.

She underwent four months of hospital treatment including a spell in intens

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