An image has been released of a much-loved grandfather who died after being pushed by a driver while he was on his way to get a coffee. Pensioner Neil Robinson, 75, had been crossing Ranson Road, Chilwell, on December 16, 2021, when he was assaulted.
Mr Robinson was pushed to the ground by drunk driver James Gill, who at the time was on bail for violence in Sheffield. It was reported that Mr Gill was a motorist "purposefully" swerving his car in the direction of Mr Robinson, who had been walking around the back of a parked bus and "only just managed to jump back and avoid being hit."
The pensioner shouted at Mr Gill for being on the wrong side of the road, who then got out of his car and pushed Mr Robinson. He had no time to break his fall, and later died from a head injury in hospital six days later, on his grandson's ninth birthday. Mr Gill was jailed for nine years by Nottingham Crown Court, on Friday, July 22, for the manslaughter of Mr Robinson after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.
