A female driver who rammed into a pedestrian and drove with him through crowded streets as he
clung desperately onto her bonnet has blamed her hormones for the bizarre incident. Suzanne Gilchrist, 37,
carried 22-year-old Stuart Morris along on her Vauxhall Corsa for around 300 metres after driving into him
as she tried to escape from a store detective.
The mother-of-one trying to get away from the security officer at the Howgate Shopping Centre in Falkirk at
around 4pm. She drove away as the guard, Lorne Stevenson, tried to open her driver’s door and snatch her
keys from the ignition. Mr Stevenson was trying to speak to her about an alleged theft from Boots.
An 'unconnected' passer-by, happened to be crossing the road and was in her way. Gilchrist drove towards
him and struck him, causing him jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt. She then drove off 'at speed'
down Manor Street in the town and through a series of other short streets, weaving from side to side.
The depute fiscal said the incident came to an end when Gilchrist was held up by other traffic at lights and
had no option other than to come to a halt.
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clung desperately onto her bonnet has blamed her hormones for the bizarre incident. Suzanne Gilchrist, 37,
carried 22-year-old Stuart Morris along on her Vauxhall Corsa for around 300 metres after driving into him
as she tried to escape from a store detective.
The mother-of-one trying to get away from the security officer at the Howgate Shopping Centre in Falkirk at
around 4pm. She drove away as the guard, Lorne Stevenson, tried to open her driver’s door and snatch her
keys from the ignition. Mr Stevenson was trying to speak to her about an alleged theft from Boots.
An 'unconnected' passer-by, happened to be crossing the road and was in her way. Gilchrist drove towards
him and struck him, causing him jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt. She then drove off 'at speed'
down Manor Street in the town and through a series of other short streets, weaving from side to side.
The depute fiscal said the incident came to an end when Gilchrist was held up by other traffic at lights and
had no option other than to come to a halt.
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