An 83-year-old man who killed teenager Eilish Herron has been giving a fine of £5,000.
Ms Herron, 17 from Paisley, was filling her car up at the Asda petrol station in Linwood in September 2014 when a car reversed over her killing her at the scene.
The driver was Alexander Wotherspoon, who was convicted of causing Ms Herron’s death by careless driving when he reversed his silver Ford Focus over her.
The teenager was dragged underneath the vehicle and paramedics had to jack the car up to get to her.
Ms Herron suffered a serious head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sheriff Seith Ireland said a prison sentence could only be imposed if Wotherspoon’s driving was so bad it was close to dangerous driving.
Wotherspoon, from Houston, Renfrewshire, has had two hip operations, a knee replacement, uses two sticks to walk and has a shorter right leg as a result of the procedures.
He admitted hitting Ms Herron, causing her to die from a head injury but he denied causing her death by driving without due care and attention and claimed that his knee had hit a poorly installed hand lever next to his steering wheel, causing his car to shoot backwards and hit Ms Herron.
The jury later found him guilty of careless driving.
The sheriff told Wotherspoon: “I begin by saying, in dealing with this case, what the court can do in punishment could not measure or assuage the grief felt by Eilish Herron’s family.
“In my view your health precludes you from undertaking unpaid work as part of a Community Payback Order.
“I have come to the view that the sentence that can be imposed here, in all the circumstances, can be, and ought to be, a financial one – an exceptional one.
“I’m going to make a financial disposal which will require you to pay a fine, which will have some effect on you.
“It will remind you of the effect your driving had on that fateful day, although it can’t be taken to be any valuation of the life of Eilish Herron. Her loss is incalculable.”
Sheriff Ireland also banned Wotherspoon from driving for five years.
Wotherspoon’s defence solicitor Laura Irvine said he was “utterly sorry” and was caused by his “momentary inattention” and that “[he] thinks of it every day and the impact on them.”
She also told the court: “He is 83 and finds it difficult to express his emotions. He doesn’t sleep and suffers physically and mentally.
“He has no confidence now in making decisions after this – he is a truly broken man. He feels he has let his own family down.”