Grandma who hit man and drove off with him still ­on bonnet is jailed

by · Mail Online

A woman who hit a pedestrian and drove off at speed with the victim still clinging to her car bonnet has been jailed.

Mark McIntyre tried to stop Karen Hayter, 50, fleeing an accident scene and told a jury he thought he was going to die as she continued to speed up.

He was injured after being thrown onto the road in Dundee by the gran and mother of four.

The jury at Dundee Sheriff Court heard how Mr McIntyre tried to prevent Hayter driving away after she clipped a car.

Instead she drove her Fiat Panda straight at him and carried him more than 500 yards. CCTV footage showed Hayter abandoning her victim in the road before dumping her car at an Asda and taking a taxi home.

Hayter, of Dundee, was found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving on September 25, 2022. Sheriff Paul Brown told her: ‘These are extremely serious offences.’

She was jailed for 14 months and banned from driving for five years and seven months.

Karen Hayter has been jailed for fourteen months and banned from driving for more than four years
Mark McIntyre was carried more than 500 yards on the bonnet of Hayter's car after being hit

Mr McIntyre had told jurors he tried to stop Hayter leaving as he believed she would drive off without reporting the bump. He said he ended up clinging to the bonnet after fearing he was going to be taken ‘under’ the car as Hayter tried to drive off.

He said: ‘I shouted, “Stop the f****** car” but she just looked at me like I wasn’t even on that car. It was just an evil look she had.’ Asked by fiscal depute Lee Corr what was going through his head, Mr McIntyre replied: ‘That I could die.’

He suffered cuts to his scalp, abrasions on his torso and a slipped disc. Hayter claimed she was ‘terrified’ of Mr McIntyre and believed he might attack her. The court heard he repeatedly punched the car’s windscreen. Asked by Paul Keenan, defending, what he was trying to achieve, Mr McIntyre said: ‘That maybe she would come to her senses and stop.’

The jury found Hayter guilty of causing severe injury, permanent disfigurement and permanent impairment, as well as endangering his life. She was also found guilty of failing to stop and report an accident.

Mr McIntyre broke down in tears in the public gallery after the jury returned its verdicts.