Run over just one step from safety

Wednesday 21st May 2008, 2:29PM BST.

THE safety of the pavement was just a yard away when Andy Priaulx’s mind coach was knocked down and almost killed, the Magistrate’s Court heard yesterday.

The World Touring Car Champion’s mentor, Ian Pollock (pictured), suffered serious head injuries which left him fighting for his life in Southampton General Hospital.

Driver Timothy Sheppard, of Mayfair, 47, Clos des Isles, Les Banques, St Sampson’s, denies driving without due care and attention in St Julian’s Avenue early one Friday evening in April last year. The case against him opened yesterday with the court hearing prosecution witnesses.