A former Conservative mayor has been fined £500 after driving his car at a nurse in a row over queue jumping.
Vaughan Hewett, 66, was said to be "very angry" that another vehicle had driven into a bay ahead of him.
It is claimed he then aggressively told NHS worker Susan Dyett: "I pay your wages".
Hewett, who was elected mayor of Medway Council in Kent in 2012, had taken his wife Jennifer to the 'drive-thru' Covid testing centre on the grounds of Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham on the morning of April 16 last year.
She had been diagnosed with terminal secondary breast cancer in her liver and bones and required proof of a negative result as she was due to start treatment.
Hewett had an "aggressive and abusive" outburst after a Mercedes car allegedly pushed in front of his Skodas Yeti.
It is claimed he then drove forward, striking Mrs Dyett while she was standing in front of his vehicle noting down his registration number.
Mrs Dyett, dressed in her blue scrubs, told Maidstone Crown Court, Kent, she felt her leg being hit around the hip area although suffered no injury as a result.
She told jurors that although she had been bending down to read the number plate, Hewett could clearly see her before he moved forward and deliberately hit her.
Hewett however maintained he had not shown any aggression and had simply been "seeking clarification" when he had asked about the need to queue. He also denied making the remark about paying Mrs Dyett's wages.
He said he raised his voice because he was wearing a face mask and his window was only lowered a few inches. He also denied making any contact in his car with Mrs Dyett after she, he claimed, had "recklessly rushed" in front of him.
Hewett claimed when giving evidence that he had been "attacked" by Mrs Dyett when she rapped on his car window with a pen.
Ex-councillor Hewett, from Rainham, Kent, denied assault on an emergency worker and dangerous driving.
The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for five-and-a-half hours and found Hewett guilty of dangerous driving but cleared him of the assault charge.
As well as being fined, Hewett was banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £500 compensation to Mrs Dyett and £2,000 court costs, all to be paid within two months.
Passing sentence, Recorder Stuart Trimmer KC told him: "Driving in such a way where a human is in front of you is without a doubt dangerous and to do that falls far short of what would be expected of a careful and competent driver.
"Whether or not you brought about a collision with her, you brought about substantial distress to her."
At Hewett's trial, prosecutor John FitzGerald told the court that the pensioner would have been understandably "stressed and anxious" that day at the hospital, with his wife due to undergo vital cancer treatment in two days' time.
After the verdicts, defence counsel Nicolas Robinson said Hewett was of previous "impeccable" character, serving the community and carrying out charitable work.
Of the hospital incident, he told the court: "It was a moment's inattention or a moment's careless thinking not thinking and driving when the lady was in front of him."
Mrs Dyett told the jury she heard a man shouting and "causing a scene" as she came out of her office in the Covid testing area on the hospital grounds.
The court was told when she approached the Skoda, Hewett was angry and, with an abusive tone, asked her "Is this how you work now? People are allowed to jump the queue."
Mrs Dyett said she assured him no one would be seen before his wife but he continued shouting.
She told jurors as she gave evidence: "He was still going on about how people had jumped the queue and then he told me he pays my wages.
"I was kind of taken aback and embarrassed he had come out with that because there were so many other people around."
Mrs Dyett said his wife was asking him to calm down but he continued to be abusive. Mrs Hewett was then asked to step out of the car so her swab test could be performed.
The court heard that when Hewett would not calm down, Mrs Dyett decided to alert security over the radio. However, Hewett was said to have "carried on shouting about people pushing in" and would not speak to the two security officers when they arrived.
Mrs Dyett told the court she stood a couple of feet in front of the vehicle, wanting to take his registration number as "a precaution" because she knew his wife, who by now had returned to the vehicle, was going to be a "regular customer".
Describing the moment she alleged she had been hit, Mrs Dyett said: "He clearly could see me, I could clearly see him. He hit me on my right-hand side, on my hip or leg area.
"It made me jump because I didn't realise he would actually do that. I didn't realise anyone could treat someone in that way..
She added: "I moved out of the way so he could come out of the bay and he did, he just drove off.
"He didn't stop and ask if I was okay. He didn't do anything. He just drove away."
Mrs Dyett told the court she did not require any treatment.
Hewett, however, told the court that as he started moving, Mrs Dyett had just appeared out of a crowd" and ran in front of him.
He maintained throughout his evidence in court that he had not been aggressive. He also denied making the remark about paying Mrs Dyett's wages.
Asked by Mr FitzGerald for a reason why Mrs Dyett and her colleagues might be lying about his behaviour that day, Hewett replied: "Somebody who got up from a bad hair day, overheard my conversation with Jennifer and wanted to stir the hornets' nest up."
Hewett, who once described himself as 'a modern Conservative', served as a Tory councillor for Rainham North for seven years, before becoming an Independent Conservative in 2014 and then defecting to Ukip in 2015.
