A MOTORIST who killed a beloved grandfather when she smashed into him and a pub has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
Ronald Ramsey, who was 74, asked paramedics who tried to save his life to tell his wife of more than 50 years Pauline that he loved her before he died at the scene of the crash next to The Hoy public house in St Osyth.
Mr Ramsey, who was walking his dog at the time, was hit by a Volkswagen Touareg being driven by Kellie Tandy.
The 38-year-old was driving at double the 30mph speed limit along Colchester Road, St Osyth, when she approached the junction with Clacton Road.
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An Audi had come to a stop at the crossroads and Tandy swerved to avoid it but crashed into Mr Ramsey and The Hoy.
Funeral - Mr Ramsey was walking his dog at the time of the crash
The car was embedded so far into the pub it was close to the bar.
Her two-year-old son was in the car at the time.
Emergency workers who attended the scene in May said Tandy was volatile and irrational and believed she smelt of alcohol – although she has always denied being drunk.
Guilty - Kellie Tandy
She was taken to Colchester General Hospital for treatment to her own injuries but refused to give a blood sample to be tested.
Tandy, of London Road, Clacton, admitted causing death by dangerous driving, driving without insurance and failure to provide a specimen.
The pregnant mother-of-one is expecting another child in February.
She has previous convictions for driving with excess alcohol and failing to provide a specimen.
Missed - Ronald Ramsey
Passing sentence at Chelmsford Crown Court, judge Jonathan Seely said Tandy would have to live with what she had done for the rest of her life after killing a loving husband, doting father and grandfather.
Alongside her jail term, Tandy will be banned from driving for three years after her release from jail but plans never to get behind the wheel again.
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