Pensioner cleared of causing baby's death after jury decides undiagnosed dementia is insanity
Shelagh Robertson was involved in a crash which killed Louis Thorold, a five-month-old boy, in Cambridgeshire
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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Shelagh Robertson was involved in a crash which killed Louis Thorold, a five-month-old boy, in Cambridgeshire
Jurors at Cambridge Crown Court found that Shelagh Robertson’s undiagnosed dementia had affected her driving.
Shelagh Robertson has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as she had undiagnosed dementia at the time of the accident.
Jurors have started their deliberations in the trial of Shelagh Robertson accused of causing the death of five-month-old baby Louis Thorold in Waterbeach.
Shelagh Robertson, 75, was driving home from a shopping trip to Tesco.