Shockingly-entitled and unrepentant courtroom outburst of killer hit-and-run EV driver, 77, as she's handed very light sentence

A 77-year-old female who killed a pedestrian pinch her car appeared to propose she was nan unfortunate arsenic she was sentenced to a twelvemonth successful custody and 2 years probation.

Donna Jacobs pleaded blameworthy to vehicular manslaughter aft she fatally struck 42-year-old Stephen Debow and near nan segment past November successful San Diego.

Debow died six days aft he was deed by Jacobs' Hyundai Ioniq EV arsenic he crossed an unmarked crosswalk. Jacobs' car kept driving for astir 65 feet while Debow was atop nan hood. 

But Jacobs struck a wholly unrepentant reside during sentencing Monday.

She claimed successful tribunal that she ne'er saw Debow and that she thought she was being attacked erstwhile her windshield was smashed, arsenic reported by NBC San Diego.

'I saw nary one, I heard nary 1 anyplace around,' she told nan court. 'I thought I was being attacked.'

Jacobs said she panicked and drove location and did not telephone constabulary because she had nary 'useful' accusation to supply arsenic she did not spot her 'attacker.'

'If I had known I'd deed a quality being, I would person done thing astir it,' Jacobs added.

Prosecutors said successful tribunal that Jacobs drove location aft striking Debow, called her security and provided a mendacious connection astir nan crash. 

Jacobs besides took her car to a assemblage shop to effort to conceal her engagement successful nan hit-and-run, a judge heard. 

It took constabulary respective weeks to place Jacobs arsenic nan driver who struck Debow. 

Jacobs will apt walk her clip successful custody successful location apprehension owed to her property and deficiency of criminal history. 

While nan origin of nan clang remains unknown, prosecutors said Jacobs received an Instacart connection astir nan clip of nan collision. 

Debow's friends were successful tribunal to speak earlier Jacobs' sentencing and excoriated her for leaving nan segment of nan crash.

'If you did nan correct thing, I would person forgiven you. But you chose to tally from responsibility,' said Michael Berardi.