POLICE have released footage of the moment when the mobility scooter killer was arrested.
Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 41, stole a vulnerable man’s mobility scooter, leaving him to die in freezing conditions, has been jailed for six years.
Moment when Kimberley was arrested
Gloucester Crown Court heard Hawkins and Mr Shadwick had gone to two cashpoints at about 2.30am on January 22 last year to get money, after a sexual encounter.
CCTV showed the father-of-two and the defendant riding together on the scooter as they arrived at the second cashpoint, at the Tesco superstore in Stratford Road, in Stroud.
Hawkins gets off and Mr Shadwick, who had with severe Parkinson’s, is seen to get out of the seat and support himself with the scooter as he uses the cash machine.
CCTV footage at Tesco
She then suddenly jumps into the seat and speeds off, leaving Mr Shadwick desperately holding on as he is dragged away from the store.
Further footage shows Mr Shadwick holding on and kicking his legs as Hawkins escapes, causing his trousers to come off.
He falls off near to the Tesco petrol station and then takes about 12 minutes to crawl back to the cashpoint to retrieve his bank card before collapsing on the ground.
The supermarket staff who arrived for work at about 5.45am found Mr Shadwick unconscious outside and alerted the emergency services.
Drifting in and out of consciousness, Mr Shadwick was able to tell them “Kim” and “robbery” before he was taken to hospital, where he died later that day.
Hawkins on the scooter after the offence
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