A MAN will have to carry out 250 hours unpaid work after a “brief lapse” of concentration caused the death of a pedestrian in a supermarket car park.

Ericson Dalire Andres, 41, of Parkstone Road, Poole, said he wanted to set up a face-to-face meeting with the family of Susan Stanford to express his remorse after he killed her in a crash in the car park of Asda in West Quay Road.

Ms Stanford, 69, died in hospital days after the crash on September 18, 2020. Andres admitted causing death by careless driving and was sentenced at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday, March 25.

Prosecuting, Richard Oakley told the hearing Ms Stanford was leaving the store and crossing the road with a trolly.

Andres pulled up to a junction in the car park, looked right, looked left and then turned right.

Mr Oakley said it was at this moment the defendant collided with Ms Stanford, the car travelling over her before coming to a stop.

Witnesses reported the car to be travelling at around 5mph and confirmed seeing Andres look left and right.

Mr Oakley told the court Andres’ view may have been obstructed for a short time by the pillar of the car.

Ms Stanford died at Southampton Hospital on September 26 of traumatic brain injuries consistent with being involved in a collision.

The defendant, who was not drunk or under the influence of drugs, told police in interview he was “shocked” to see the defendant, heard screaming and panicked before trying to stop.

He said he was “first aware of the female when he heard her scream”.

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Mitigating, David Hurley described the incident as “momentary inattention” which “led to this tragic outcome”.

He said Andres remembered a car to the left flashing him out the junction and he began turning without looking right again.

“He is plagued by the memory of the afternoon and deals with it morning, evening and night,” Mr Hurley said.

“He has requested that he has a face-to-face meeting with the family so he can express his own remorse.”

Deputy District Judge Claire Boichot sentenced Andres to a 12-month community order, ordered him to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work, pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

She said: “It is clear [Ms Stanford’s] loss has had a devastating affect on the whole of the family. She was a wife, a mother, a friend, a carer, the hub of the family.”

“It seems the only explanation is a lapse in concentration immediately prior to the incident. The lapse being a brief lapse.”

Andres was also disqualified from driving for a year.