An elderly driver who killed a much-loved grandmother when he crashed into a coffee shop on Christmas Eve is due to be sentenced today.

David Lord, 87, will appear at Maidstone Crown Court after admitting causing death by dangerous driving in November following the smash in 2015.

Valerie Deakin, 74, of Rye, was killed when his Audi A4 smashed through a window at Costa Coffee in Westerham.

The married mother-of-two was sitting near the window in Market Square at about 10.30am with her best friend when the tragedy happened.

Her daughter Marie-Ann was in the toilets at the time.

Lord, of Croydon Road, Westerham, and his passenger were among five people injured in the crash which left the car embedded in the side of the building.

Eye witnesses reported seeing people covered in blood as they left the cafe.

At a previous hearing a judge was told Lord most likely hit the accelerator rather than the brake and had lied about the run up to the crash on several occasions.

He said there was flashing error light on the dash which distracted him even though there was no mechanical fault detected and at first said he had not suffered a medical episode but later changed his story.

Judge Jeremy Carey previously adjourned sentence pending a medical report after hearing Lord had likely suffered a complex partial seizure at the time of the crash, which might explain the flashing light he saw.