Overview
- The collision took place at the exit of the Iceland store car park on Nuthall Road on 13 October 2025 and Maureen Sanderson suffered fatal injuries before dying two days later.
- On 25 June 2026 Nottingham Crown Court heard Tracie Spowage plead guilty and Judge Steven Coupland handed her a 10-month jail term suspended for 12 months with 30 rehabilitation sessions, a six-month nightly curfew and an 18-month driving disqualification.
- Prosecutors said court footage showed Sanderson raise a 'thank you' hand to a stationary white Nissan Juke and that Spowage then pulled forward a few seconds later without seeing her, a failure the judge said led to the death.
- Victim impact statements described Sanderson as an active woman with a 'zest for life' and said the family had to make the decision to switch off her ventilator, leaving relatives deeply bereaved.
- The sentence underlines how courts treat deaths caused by a lack of lookout by drivers, and it highlights the wider safety risk older pedestrians face when crossing between parked vehicles at car-park exits.