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A judge overturned a 2025 conviction of a 68-year-old woman who accidentally killed an 82-year-old nurse in a parking mishap, citing remorse and tragedy.
Margaret Jean Waters, an 82-year-old nurse and community volunteer, died on April 24, 2025, after being struck by a rolling Subaru Forester at the Stroud showground.
Valerie Ann Munro, 68, accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake while reversing the car, which had been left running without the handbrake or gear engaged.
Waters suffered fatal injuries; another woman was injured.
Munro, with no prior criminal record, was initially convicted of negligence and fined $800 with a one-year good behaviour order.
On February 16, 2026, Judge Roy Ellis upheld her appeal, quashing the conviction and replacing the sentence with a two-year good behaviour order, citing the accident’s tragic, unintentional nature, Munro’s remorse, and mental distress.
Un juez revocó una condena de 2025 de una mujer de 68 años que accidentalmente mató a una enfermera de 82 años en un accidente de estacionamiento, citando remordimiento y tragedia.