‘London’s worst bus driver’ avoids jail for causing death of Windrush pensioner

An elderly driver who kept working on the buses after a series of incidents has escaped jail for causing the death of 83-year-old woman. Partially deaf Ozdemir Zia, 77, hit Edna McLean when she was crossing Vincent Road outside Woolwich Arsenal station in southeast London on 11 September 2021. Zia used a hearing loop and Turkish interpreter as the Old Bailey heard he had been allowed to continue driving despite a previous conviction for crashing into another bus and six…