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| Woman guilty of fiance car death | Woman guilty of fiance car death |
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| A Bath woman who ran over her fiance while over the drink-drive limit has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. | A Bath woman who ran over her fiance while over the drink-drive limit has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. |
| Caroline Broad, 41, of Twerton, drove a car which hit Christopher Phillips, 40, outside the Full Moon pub in the city. | Caroline Broad, 41, of Twerton, drove a car which hit Christopher Phillips, 40, outside the Full Moon pub in the city. |
| Bristol Crown Court heard the couple had been drinking on the day of the incident and that Broad was three-and-a-half times over the legal limit. | Bristol Crown Court heard the couple had been drinking on the day of the incident and that Broad was three-and-a-half times over the legal limit. |
| Broad, of Padfield Terrace, will be sentenced on Wednesday. | Broad, of Padfield Terrace, will be sentenced on Wednesday. |
| A witness had told police she saw Mr Phillips slide off the bonnet of the car before the vehicle was then drive onto him. | |
| 'Selfish actions' | 'Selfish actions' |
| Broad, who had denied the charge, told police she could not remember the car moving forward. | Broad, who had denied the charge, told police she could not remember the car moving forward. |
| Mr Phillips, who was known to friends as Bobs, died a few hours later in hospital from multiple crush injuries to his body. | |
| Det Sgt Peter Knight, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "The events of Sunday 17 August 2008 are yet another example of how the selfish and wholly unnecessary actions of a drunken driver can lead to tragic or nasty circumstances." | Det Sgt Peter Knight, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "The events of Sunday 17 August 2008 are yet another example of how the selfish and wholly unnecessary actions of a drunken driver can lead to tragic or nasty circumstances." |
| He added Broad had "refused to admit her wrongdoing or face up to the reality of what happened that night". | |
| She and Mr Phillips had lived together for eight years and ran a tiling company together. | She and Mr Phillips had lived together for eight years and ran a tiling company together. |