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"Lederman, who has been excused from attending the trial on health grounds, denies causing death by dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm."
FFS. 83, failing eye sight, recovering from a stroke, and you deem yourself (and your family and friends deem you) to be fine to drive.
Yet the moment you have to answer for your actions and suddenly you're too ill to sit in a court room.
GF
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/driver-mercedes-crash-hampstead-court-case-geoffrey-lederman-desreen-brooks-death-family-9899516.html
In the minutes before the crash Lederman’s Mercedes was seen revving loudly for up to ten seconds as it sat stationary outside West Hampstead Underground Station.
Investigators found he had mistakenly kept his foot on the car’s accelerator when he thought it was the brake before careering off, the court heard.