Bus driver Paul Willis was today found guilty of careless driving and talking to his off-duty colleague following the death of student Emilie Harris.
Paul Willis, of Witney Road in Long Hanborough, has been fined £500 for careless driving and £50 for talking while driving and given eight points on his licence. It is not enough to disqualify him from driving.
His colleague Henry Stuart, of Mather Road in Barton, was fined £50 for talking to Willis.
Willis was driving the bus which ran over Miss Harris in Cowley Road, Oxford, in May 2004.
The prosecution had said he was not paying attention to the road because he was talking to Stuart while driving.
Both men had denied the charges. Willis must pay £500 costs and Stuart £50.
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