Heywood woman found guilty of causing pensioner's death by careless driving

Date published: 25 July 2018


A Heywood woman has been found guilty of causing the death of a 79-year-old woman by careless driving.

Tina Singh (DOB: 20/06/1979),  was found guilty by a jury after appearing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on 20 July.

79-year-old pedestrian Sheila McGinty died last year after the collision with Singh’s Peugeot 107 on Bury New Road.

https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/110861/elderly-woman-involved-in-a-collision-with-a-car-in-heywood-has-died

https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/110812/woman-in-her-70s-taken-to-hospital-with-severe-injuries-after-collision-on-bury-new-road

Singh will be sentenced on 17 August.

A pre-sentence report has been requested by the judge and Singh has also been disqualified from driving in the interim.

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