Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Student nurse banned from road after serious north-east motorbike crash

Alicia Dinnie
Alicia Dinnie

A student nurse who seriously injured two motorcyclists in a crash has been banned from the road for two years and fined £1,000.

Alicia Dinnie injured Jarkko Heinonen and his wife Fiona as they travelled along the A944 Alford to Sauchen road on September 9 2018.

The 21-year-old was driving her Citroen to Aberdeen when she collided with the couple and knocked them both off their two-wheeled vehicle.

Dinnie, of Alford, denied the charges when she went on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

But yesterday she was found guilty of causing serious injury by driving dangerously.

Dinnie told a previous court hearing she had not been paying attention for just a “split second”.


Keep up to date with the latest news with The Evening Express newsletter


However, depute fiscal Anne McDonald told the court she would have had “ample time” to react.

She said: “Miss Dinnie just wasn’t paying attention.

“She should’ve been observing that the car and motorcycle were there. She had ample time to do something about it.”

Defence lawyer Sam Milligan said Dinnie’s actions were down to a “temporary inattention” and that her experience in court was “challenging”.

He added she was in the later stages of her nursing degree and the driving ban would have a negative impact on travelling to placements linked to her studies.

Sheriff Graham Buchanan said: “I’m satisfied that what happened here was down to her lack of concentration, which was more than momentary.

“It was this lack of concentration at the time she should’ve taken the proper action to stop with the motorcycle up ahead.”

This article originally appeared on the Evening Express website. For more information, read about our new combined website.