A pensioner who seriously injured two bikers in a Dundee road accident is appealing his conviction.
William Scott, 80, knocked down the two men on the city’s Riverside Drive on June 28 2013, as he tried to drive to Ninewells Hospital after falling ill.
His vehicle crossed on to the wrong side of the road, smashing into Scott Brown’s motorcycle.
He pushed Mr Brown and his bike into a second bike ridden by George O’Donnell, knocking both to the ground.
They sustained serious injuries and though Scott denied causing the crash, a jury took less than 20 minutes to find him guilty.
Scott, of Blalowan Park, Cupar, was banned from driving for 10 years and fined £1,000 but has now appealed that conviction and sentence at the Court of Appeal in Edinburgh, on the grounds that a sheriff refused to allow a doctor to give evidence at his trial.
The appeal will also focus on the sheriff’s decision to withdraw a special defence of automatism, which argued that the pensioner was not aware of his actions at the time of the collision. A procedural hearing will take place at the Court of Appeal on May 6.
Both bikers struck by Scott’s car were hospitalised as a result of the accident, but are understood to have made full recoveries.
During the trial, solicitor David Moggach described his client’s recollection of the crash as “vague in the extreme”.
He said Scott had been ill and was taking himself to hospital, which may have contributed to the crash.