Community sentence for driver who killed pedestrian

A driver who admitted causing the death of a 69-year-old man as he crossed the road has been given a 12-month driving ban and 150 hours of unpaid work.

Muhammad Ali, 32, knocked down George Jarvis on the A77 in the city's Shawlands on 4 March 2022.

A collision investigation found there was "no reason" for Ali not have seen Mr Jarvis.

Mr Jarvis suffered a serious head injury and other "life-threatening" injuries and died in hospital three days later.

Restaurant manager Mr Ali pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court in April to causing Mr Jarvis' death by careless driving.

The court heard how Mr Ali turned a right corner at a junction and drove on when he hit Mr Jarvis as he crossed in the middle of the road.

Mr Jarvis, a self employed mechanic, had been on his usual route home around 23:20 with his hood up when he walked across the road.

The driver had straddled the road markings separating the carriageways immediately before the collision.

Prosecutor Harry Findlay said: "Witnesses heard the sound of a collision and heavy braking.

"They saw that Mr Jarvis had been struck by the driver's side of the Ford and was momentarily in mid-air.

"The car stopped before entering the north bound lane fully and stopped at the side of it.

"The driver got out of the car and approached Mr Jarvis shortly thereafter."

A 999 call was made and medics found Mr Jarvis unresponsive with a serious head injury which was "life threatening."

He underwent surgery at hospital but later died.

A post-mortem examination revealed that Mr Jarvis had bruises and wounds to both legs.

He also sustained rib fractures, a dislocated collarbone, a fractured vertebra, tibia and fibula.

Mr Ali was arrested and tested for drugs and alcohol with a negative result.

Mr Ali, of Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, was a first offender who had been driving since November 2016.

Sheriff Iain Fleming ordered Ali to do 150 hours of unpaid work and disqualified him from driving for 12 months.