AN 89-YEAR-OLD great-grandmother had to have her right foot amputated because of Stagecoach bus driver Robert Wright's carelessness, a court heard.
Roma Wyburn was boarding Wright's bus in Gloucester city centre when it suddenly moved forward because he had left it in gear – and had not applied the handbrake.
Wright, 49, of Corncroft Lane, Matson, was convicted by magistrates last year of dangerous driving and was banned from the road for a year as well as being fined £350.
But his appeal against conviction was allowed by the crown court this week, which ruled that his driving was careless rather than dangerous.
