Lawyer sobs in court over pensioner death

A lawyer accused of killing a 91-year-old great grandfather on a zebra crossing wept in court  as she told how she knelt by him in the road and said: ‘I’m sorry.’ Charlotte Griffiths, 26, crashed into father-of-five Basant Lal Sharma as she drove her blue Ford Fiesta to work at a solicitor’s office in Wanstead, east London. Giving evidence at the Old Bailey she insisted the zebra crossing on the high street was clear as she approached it at around…