A 96-year-old woman has become the oldest woman in Britain to admit to causing death by dangerous driving after she killed a pensioner and injured a pedestrian with her Vauxhall Corsa.
June Mills, of Ainsdale, Merseyside, sat in her wheelchair in the public gallery of the courtroom, with her husband behind her, to enter the plea at the Liverpool Crown Court hearing on Tuesday.
She admitted causing the death of Brenda Joyce, 76, on Elbow Lane in Formby on August 2 last year.
Tom Gent, defending, said Mills, of previous good character, was only able to walk a few paces and would be unlikely to be fit to carry out unpaid work.
He said her mobility had worsened since the collision, when he said she mounted the kerb because she applied too much accelerator while driving her Vauxhall Corsa.
June Mills (pictured leaving court) is thought to be the oldest woman in Britain to admit to causing death by dangerous driving
Mills (pictured) admitted causing the death of Brenda Joyce, 76, on Elbow Lane in Formby on August 2 last year
He said: 'The accelerator pedal fell down beneath her foot, she panicked and failed to react to that. She accepts by her plea that was driving that was far below standard.'
Recorder of Liverpool Andrew Menary KC adjourned the hearing until September 30, when Mills will be sentenced.
Following the collision last August, Merseyside Police said a 76-year woman was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining a serious head injury and another pedestrian, an 80-year-old woman, suffered slight injuries.
A spokesperson from Merseyside Police said at the time: 'We received a report that a Vauxhall Corsa had mounted a pavement and collided with two pedestrians and two stationary vehicles on Elbow Lane.
'A 76-year-old woman, who was one of the pedestrians, was treated at the scene by paramedics after sustaining a serious head injury but was sadly pronounced dead.
'Her next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.'
Pictured are emergency services at the scene in Formby after the Vauxhall Corsa mounted the pavement and collided with two pedestrians
June Mills, of Ainsdale, Merseyside, sat in her wheelchair in the public gallery of the courtroom, with her husband behind her, to enter the plea at the Liverpool Crown Court hearing on Tuesday
