Woman cleared over baby boy’s death due to then-undiagnosed dementia

Shelagh Robertson, 75, not guilty by reason of insanity after collision in Cambridgeshire that killed Louis Thorold

A woman charged with causing a baby boy's death through careless driving has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, with jurors finding that her undiagnosed dementia had affected her.

Shelagh Robertson, 75, was driving home from a shopping trip to Tesco when she turned into the path of a van on the A10 at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire on 22 January last year, Cambridge crown court heard.