The family of a woman mown down and killed by a 90-year-old man outside Withington Hospital have spoken of their anger after the pensioner walked free from court.

Philip Bull pleaded guilty to causing two deaths by dangerous driving after he crashed into Clare Haslam, 44 and Deborah Clifton, 49, in March this year after dropping off his ‘elderly and infirm’ wife.

The court heard that Bull unintentionally accelerated during the incident, and that he meant to put his foot on the brake but instead applied the accelerator while completing a reversing manoeuvre.

He crashed into Ms Haslam first, then collided into Ms Clifton as she was trying to get away.

Today, Mr Bull was handed a two-year suspended sentence by a judge at Manchester Crown Court.

Ms Clifton’s sister Julie spoke outside court after the sentencing, claiming that no consideration was given to the victims or their families, and that it was ‘all about’ the man that killed them.

“Angry and devastated doesn’t even come close to how we feel,” she said.

“It’s just not fair.”

She added: “We haven’t had justice because you know what? They kept going on about him.

“How he’s lived until he’s 90, how his wife lived till 87, what a great life they had, what a long life.

“My sister and her friend didn’t even get to see 50. They had so much more to live for.

“Danielle, Debbie’s youngest daughter had a baby six weeks prematurely and Debbie was so looking forward to meeting him.

“Danielle needed Debbie by her side when she gave birth and that man denied my sister that, my niece to have her mum there at the birth of her son.”

Julie said that although the defence barrister had spoken in court of how remorseful Mr Bull was, he had never apologised to the family directly.

“It was the least he could’ve done,” she said.

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“He should’ve gone to jail. 90-years-old – it doesn’t matter how old you are, he caused death by dangerous driving he took my sister away.

“He took a mother away, a nan away, everything away, and still not a day goes by where we don’t relive every single moment of what happened.

“We weren’t considered in there, it was all about him. I hope he remembers this for the rest of his life, and I hope he lives a long time.”

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Julie fondly remembered her sister, saying how how death had been made even more unbearable following the loss of another sister four years previous.

“Debbie and a thousand cups of tea, and a thousand fags and drinking warm lager off the radiator.

“Debbie was Debbie, but she’s not Debbie anymore.”

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She also spoke of her sister’s relationship with Ms Haslam, adding: “Debbie being the Debbie that she was met Clare in a boozer, The Feathers pub in Chorlton 17 years ago.

“They were really really happy together, they had a 10-year-old little girl together to look after.

“Now that little girl has lost her mum and her nan and we have lost a sister and a daughter.”

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