Overview
- Hodge, 69, was found guilty Monday after a week-long trial at Bristol Crown Court.
- Following Tuesday's police release of body‑worn video, she is seen telling officers she "lost my concentration" and "can't account for what happened" about an hour after the crash.
- On June 9, 2024, her Citroën C1 mounted the Brunel Way pavement, hit Donna Crossman, and knocked her over the railings; Crossman died in hospital the next day.
- The defence argued she had a "complex partial" epileptic seizure, with an expert putting the chance at 70–80%, but jurors rejected the insanity defence under a test that required Hodge to prove it on the balance of probabilities.
- Two motorists reported the car swerving before impact, and sentencing will take place at a later date.