A LOVE TIFF TURNED 26 YEAR OLD ELVIRA WALFORD INTO
A LOVE TIFF TURNED 26 YEAR OLD ELVIRA WALFORD INTO A DRUNKEN
KILLER MOTORIST.
HER SPEEDING MERCEDES FLUNG AN 18 YEAR OLD GIRL INTO
THE AIR ‘LIKE A RAG DOLL,’ AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE HEARD ON FRIDAY.
THE DARK HAIRED SOUTH AMERICAN BEAUTY WEPT BITTERLY AS SHE
WAS JAILED FOR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER SHE ADMITTED CAUSING THE GIRL’S
DEATH BY RECKLESS DRIVING.
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THE COURT HEARD THAT AFTER A SATURDAY NIGHT ROW WITH HER
LOVER WALFORD BECAME ‘CONSUMED WITH JEALOUSY.
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NORMALLY ONLY A LIGHT DRINKER, SHE DOWNED GLASS AFTER GLASS
OF WHISKY BECAUSE SHE FEARED HE HAD FALLEN FOR ANOTHER WOMAN.
JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 26 SHE JUMPED INTO HER
BOYFRIEND’S BRIGHT RED ‘CLASSIC’ OLD MERCEDES, ALMOST INCOHERENT
WITH ALCOHOL
DOCTORS LATER ESTIMATED SHE WAS NEARLY FOUR TIMES OVER THE
DRINK DRIVING LIMIT.
WITNESSES SAW THE TWO DOOR COUPE SPEEDING AND SWAYING ALONG
THE VALE, ACTON, JUST AS 18 YEAR OLD HEATHER MENDENZ WAS CROSSING THE
ROAD WITH FRIENDS.
MR PETER LEIGHTON, PROSECUTING, SAID THE GIRL WAS FLUNG
10-15 YARDS INTO THE AIR BY THE IMPACT.
SHE WAS DEAD ON
ARRIVAL AT HOSPITAL.
THE MERCEDES FAILED TO STOP BUT ANOTHER MOTORIST, MR CARM
FAZZONE, WAS SO OUTRAGED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY GAVE CHASE.
HE CAUGHT
UP WHEN THE MERCEDES STALLED TURNING A CORNER AND SAID:
