Jail For Driver Who Defied Epilepsy Warning

A motorist who killed a pedestrian after having an epileptic fit at the wheel, despite being warned that he was unfit to drive, has been jailed for three and a half years.

Stuart Lusher,56,  was also given a lifetime ban from driving after admitting death by dangerous driving at Kingston Crown Court, Scotland Yard said.

The incident happened on June 27 last year, when Lusher was on his way to visit his gravely ill wife in hospital.

Lusher suffered a seizure while waiting at a red traffic light, and the fit caused him to mount the pavement where he hit 48-year-old Phil Westnott.

Mr Westnott suffered catastrophic head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene in Merantun Way, Merton.

A police investigation revealed that Lusher had a history of epilepsy and chronic sleep apnoea, and had ignored numerous warnings from medical professionals not to drive.

Detective Sergeant Jeff Edwards from the Met's serious collision investigation unit, said:

"Mr Lusher's decision to drive, despite warnings from medical staff, resulted in a terrible collision that cost an innocent man his life."

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