Coach driver sentenced for Manchester dog walker's death
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Ian O'Mara's family said he loved his two-year-old Jack Russell dog, Tia, dearly
A coach driver who hit a dog walker has been given a suspended sentence after admitting causing death by careless driving.
Ian O'Mara, 55, suffered head injuries after being struck in Manchester last October and died in hospital.
His two-year-old dog Tia was pronounced dead at the scene in Princess Road.
Colin Ayrton, 65, of Brown Lane, Heald Green, was given a 16-week jail term suspended for two years at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.
Ian O'Mara had been crossing Princess Road near to Darley Avenue
Mr O'Mara's widow Glynis said in an earlier statement: "We are relieved that the coach driver has taken responsibility for his actions by pleading guilty.
"However nothing can ever bring Ian back and losing him has had a massive effect on the whole family...Life will simply never be the same for all of us."