A pensioner accused of causing a car crash that killed a baby in a pram was suffering from undiagnosed dementia, and this was worsening during the pandemic when there were fewer opportunities for face-to-face contact, a court heard.
Shelagh Robertson, 75, was driving home from a shopping trip to Tesco when she turned into the path of an oncoming van on the A10 at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, forcing it on to the pavement on January 22 last year, Cambridge Crown Court heard.
