Nora Guttman & Eilidh Cairns

Just had this in my email box from the police:

Lorry driver jailed following fatal collision in Westminster

Joao Pedro Correia Lopes, 56 (23.12.55) of Ashlin Road, E15 was today,
Wednesday 1 August, sentenced to four years in prison for causing death
by dangerous driving, contrary to s1 Road Traffic Act 1988 and 12 months
knowingly causing false data to be recorded on recording equipment,
cont. to sect 99ZE of the Transport Act. This related to his affecting
the tachograph to believe his vehicle was stationary and at rest when it
was being driven.

He was also banned from driving for six years and will have to retake
his test.

Lopes had previously pleaded guilty to the offences at Isleworth Crown
Court on Wednesday 27 June.

Police were called at approx. 12:00hrs on 17 June 2011 to a lorry in
collision with a pedestrian on the westbound Marylebone Road, near the
junction with Baker Street, NW1 - opposite Madam Tussauds.

Nora Gutmann, 97, from NW6 was taken by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital
where she died shortly after arrival.

A post-mortem gave cause of death as multiple injuries.

The lorry driver was arrested in connection with the incident and
charged as above.