A woman who stole a disabled man’s mobility scooter, dragged him along the ground, and left him for dead has been jailed.

Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 41, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Neil Shadwick, 63, in Stroud following the incident in January 2023.

Mr Shadwick’s eldest daughter, Victoria Bentley, said her “incredibly vulnerable” father must have been “terrified” at being left to die in a supermarket car park in sub-zero temperatures.

Hawkins was sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court to six and a half years in jail.

Mr Shadwick was found unresponsive in a Tesco car park on Stratford Road in Stroud on 22 January, when the Met Office had forecast temperatures as low as -6°C overnight.

CCTV footage showed Hawkins and Mr Shadwick arriving at the supermarket to use the cash machine.

When Mr Shadwick appeared unable to withdraw money for Hawkins, she became “frustrated” and took his mobility scooter while he was still partially on it.

She dragged him along the ground for just under a minute before he eventually let go, then rode away, leaving him on the ground.

Mr Shadwick had severe hypothermia, pneumonia and lung injuries. In the ambulance, all he was able to say was “robbed” and “Kim”.

He later died in hospital.

In a statement, his daughter, Mrs Bentley, said it was “horrific” to identify her dad “under such terrible circumstances”.

“Kimberley Hawkins knew by leaving Dad in that car park, on a freezing cold night, that she was leaving an incredibly vulnerable man who had no way of communicating as he could barely talk,” Mrs Bentley said.

“He didn’t have a phone and he had no way of getting any help.

“He must have been terrified realising that he’d been abandoned and not knowing when or if help would arrive.”