Van driver is found guilty of causing death by careless driving after killing grandmother when he crashed into her broken down car on 'defective' smart motorway

Barry O'Sullivan, 45, was convicted at Reading Crown Court over the death of Pulvinder Dhillon, who was travelling as a passenger in her daughter's Nissan Micra.


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