Woman Claims She’s ‘Too Overweight’ To Go To Prison After Hitting Pedestrian In Car Crash

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Image courtesy of Kent Online

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something like this comes barreling around the corner.

A 420-pound (30-stone) British woman named Linda Jenns has been found guilty of hitting and killing 45-year-old jogger Paul Stinton in January of 2014.

But the 49-year-old’s lawyer Ian Bridge insisted his client would be unable handle life in prison and wouldn’t last long.

According to Kent Online, Bridge told Judge Heather Norton of?Canterbury Crown Court the following:

“As it is she is grossly overweight, morbidly obese and since the incident has put on even more weight. She is a person for whom a prison sentence would be extraordinarily difficult and I don’t think I exaggerate when I say she might not get through it.”

He added that Jenns was hoping to get a gastric band fitted, something that would have increased her life expectancy significantly.
Witnesses to the car crash included Debbie Lange, who had this to say about the incident:
?“I was sitting talking with my daughter when a grey van came hurtling past my car in the outside lane of the dual carriageway. It shook my car which made me look up and it went through the red light. Two seconds later a white car came past at speed and straight through the red traffic light. I then noticed something flying up in the air. I wasn’t sure what it was until I saw some arms and legs.”
?The judge delayed the sentencing for two weeks pending medical reports, but told Jenns serving time in prison was the likely outcome.
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Paul Stinton. Image courtesy of Kent Online
Stinton was air-lifted to the hospital but died as a result of his injuries three weeks later.
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