AN elderly Perth woman banned from driving for life after causing the death of a man will be haunted with memories of the accident for the rest of her days, her son says.
Mary Bolgia, 82, has been convicted by a jury of dangerous driving causing the death of Jean-Pierre McEvoy, 71, outside a service station in February last year.
He died in hospital a month later from injuries sustained in the accident.
In handing down the disqualification period and a $5000 fine in Perth's District Court on Friday, Judge Jeremy Curthoys accepted that Bolgia had been driving slowly when she struck Mr McEvoy but then panicked and accelerated.
He said it had been a "harrowing" experience for her and she was a low risk of reoffending.
Bolgia had co-operated with police and immediately surrendered her driver's licence, which demonstrated her remorse, the judge said.
"It falls, despite the tragic consequences, at the lower end of dangerous driving causing death," Judge Curthoys said.
He said his sentence did not take into consideration the value of Mr McEvoy's life.
Outside court, Bolgia's son Loyd (Loyd) told reporters the case had taken a toll on his mother, who had lost 5kg in the past few days.
Mr Bolgia said he was grateful that the judge was sympathetic to his mother's situation and accepted that it was an accident.
"Someone has died, which is tragic," he said.
"She's going to have to live with that for the rest of her life, basically, and maybe that was punishment enough for her."
Mr Bolgia said his mother had never been in a traffic accident before and was now catching the bus to get around and visit her Alzheimer's-affected husband, who was being cared for in a home.
He said she would never recover from the trauma of the memory of the accident.
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