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| Suzanne Knox who fatally drove into husband sentenced | |
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| A woman who drove her car into her husband in Suffolk, killing him, has been given a suspended sentence. | A woman who drove her car into her husband in Suffolk, killing him, has been given a suspended sentence. |
| Suzanne Knox admitted causing death by careless driving after she drove her car into her husband following a row in September 2010. | Suzanne Knox admitted causing death by careless driving after she drove her car into her husband following a row in September 2010. |
| Knox, 26, of Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving at a trial at Ipswich Crown Court last month. | Knox, 26, of Hemsby, Great Yarmouth, was cleared of causing death by dangerous driving at a trial at Ipswich Crown Court last month. |
| She was given a nine-month sentence, suspended for two years. | She was given a nine-month sentence, suspended for two years. |
| Supervision order | Supervision order |
| Jurors were told Knox had been out looking for her husband with their two young children in the car when she saw him sitting on a kerb near a pub on Woods Loke East. | Jurors were told Knox had been out looking for her husband with their two young children in the car when she saw him sitting on a kerb near a pub on Woods Loke East. |
| She then drove up on to the kerb to speak to Anthony Knox, 30, she told the court. | |
| Knox told police she did not realise she had hit her husband until she got out of the car. | Knox told police she did not realise she had hit her husband until she got out of the car. |
| Mr Knox was taken to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, where he died. | Mr Knox was taken to the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, where he died. |
| Knox was banned from driving for a year and was placed under supervision for 18 months, ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and attend a women's emotional well-being programme. | Knox was banned from driving for a year and was placed under supervision for 18 months, ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and attend a women's emotional well-being programme. |