A woman had to have her leg amputated after she was hit by a car as she loaded shopping into her vehicle outside a convenience store, a court has heard.

Jedburgh Sheriff Court was told the woman suffered life-changing injuries after Christine Thomson drove into her outside the Co-op in Coldstream.

Thomson, 89, of Leitholm, pleaded guilty to a charge of causing serious injury by careless driving on 23 November last year.

Sheriff Robert Fife said no sentence could compensate the victim for the loss of her leg and disqualified Thomson from driving for 40 months. She was also fined £750 with a £40 victim surcharge.

The court heard Thomson was trying to park outside the High Street store when her Volkswagen Golf collided with the passenger of another car, pinning her between both vehicles, and knocking another woman to the ground.

Defence lawyer Ross Dow said it had been a wet day and his client's foot had slipped from the brake to the accelerator.

He added that Thomson - who had been driving for 69 years without incident - handed in her licence to the DVLA two weeks after the accident and had no intention of driving again.

The court was told the woman pinned between the two vehicles suffered an open fracture to her right fibula and tibia.

She was taken to Borders General Hospital before being transferred to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where she underwent surgery to amputate her right leg above the knee.

Prosecutor Joanne Waller said there was no threat to her life but that the consequences were "life-changing".

The other woman struck by the car suffered what was described as "soft tissue damage" and was discharged.

Thomson was sentenced in her absence due to her personal circumstances but Dow said his client was devastated at what had happened.

The sheriff said it was "unfortunate" that she had not returned her licence earlier.