A MOTORIST who ran over Andy Priaulx’s mind coach was yesterday found guilty of driving without due care and attention. But summing up, assistant-Magistrate Philip Robey said it was quite likely that pedestrian Ian Pollock, 56, pictured, had been partly responsible for his own misfortune.

‘It may well have been the case that the pedestrian should have shared his own blame for the collision and that share might have been the greater one,’ said Mr Robey. ‘But the fault on the part of the pedestrian does not mean that I should not find Mr Sheppard guilty of this offence.’

Mr Pollock was left fighting for his life in Southampton General Hospital after Thomas Sheppard’s Honda Civic hit him in St Julian’s Avenue at about 6.30pm on 20 April last year. Mr Sheppard, 23, of Mayfair, 47, Clos des Isles, Les Banques, St Sampson’s, had denied the offence.

Mr Sheppard was fined £400 and banned from driving for three months. Mr Pollock is currently recovering from the accident at his home in Edinburgh.