Overview

• Lucinda Collins, 40, admitted to causing death by dangerous driving after a 2022 collision that killed 75-year-old cyclist Roger Dutton in Cheshire.
• The crash occurred when Collins, distracted by a hands-free call about her dying father, failed to stop at a junction and pushed another car into Dutton’s path.
• Chester Crown Court sentenced Collins to a two-year prison term suspended for two years, along with a five-year driving ban and 250 hours of community service.
• Judge Stephen Everett cited Collins’s lack of prior convictions, remorse, and low risk to the public in his decision to suspend the custodial sentence.
• Heartfelt victim impact statements from Dutton’s family highlighted their profound grief, describing him as a beloved husband, father, and grandfather.