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image captionThe accident happened on the A72 in the Borders in March last year
A man who admitted a charge of causing death by careless driving following a crash in the Borders last year has been banned for 12 months.
A court was told a momentary lapse of attention from Keith Atkinson, 69, of Edinburgh, resulted in the accident on the A72 near Innerleithen on 1 March.
Annie Notman, 82, from Biggar, died a day after the four-vehicle crash.
Atkinson was banned at Selkirk Sheriff Court and also put on a home curfew between 19:00 and 07:00 for 10 months.
His lawyer Ross Dow, told the court that on the day of the crash his client had been early for an appointment and had decided to pull over into a lay-by.