Guilty verdict returned for man charged with dangerous driving causing death
Christopher Hamilton has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing death in crash that killed 39-year-old Sarah Jones.
A sentencing hearing will be set on Dec. 12 for some time in February.
Jones died after an industrial vacuum truck overturned, trapping her vehicle underneath.
She was well-known in the city as the managing editor of Business London Magazine and described as big-hearted, with a smile that would light up a room.
This is a developing story.
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