Eleven jurors returned a unanimous guilty verdict on the charge of causing Hope's death by careless driving
A motorist who said she suffered a dizzy spell at the wheel has been found guilty of causing the death of a Nottingham Trent University student Hope Starsmore by careless driving. Rebecca Porter, 34, hit the Toyota Yaris being driven by Hope, 20, after swerving violently onto the wrong side of the road on the A158 at Burgh le Marsh, near Skegness.
Victim impact statements from Hope's family will also be read out at the sentence hearing. Judge Godsmark added: "I anticipate I will hear a little more about Hope and the effect her death has had." In his evidence the van driver described seeing Porter's head down and then suddenly raising up with a look of shock on her face.
Both cars were sent spinning in opposite directions by the force of the collision. The jury heard Hope was travelling with her boyfriend, Ady, in the front passenger seat, and her brother, Hayden, in the back. "In that split second," Mrs Porter said she did not see another vehicle, but then saw a black car coming towards her.
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