一名法官推翻了2025年对一名68岁妇女定罪的判决,该妇女以悔恨和悲剧为由,在一次停车场事故中意外杀害了一名82岁的护士。 A judge overturned a 2025 conviction of a 68-year-old woman who accidentally killed an 82-year-old nurse in a parking mishap, citing remorse and tragedy.

Margaret Jean Waters是82岁的护士和社区志愿者, 于2025年4月24日死亡, Margaret Jean Waters, an 82-year-old nurse and community volunteer, died on April 24, 2025, after being struck by a rolling Subaru Forester at the Stroud showground. Valerie Ann Munro, 68岁,不小心按下了加速器,而不是刹车,同时把汽车倒转,因为汽车在没有手刹或用具的情况下一直开着。 Valerie Ann Munro, 68, accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake while reversing the car, which had been left running without the handbrake or gear engaged. 水体受致命伤害;另有一名妇女受伤。 Waters suffered fatal injuries; another woman was injured. Munro以前没有犯罪记录,最初被判定犯有过失罪,罚款800美元,并处以一年良好行为命令。 Munro, with no prior criminal record, was initially convicted of negligence and fined $800 with a one-year good behaviour order. 2026年2月16日, Roy Ellis法官维持她的上诉, 撤销原判, 以两年的良好行为命令取代刑期, On February 16, 2026, Judge Roy Ellis upheld her appeal, quashing the conviction and replacing the sentence with a two-year good behaviour order, citing the accident’s tragic, unintentional nature, Munro’s remorse, and mental distress.