A woman has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving after a two-year-old girl was killed in a car collision.

Hoden Aden, 44, was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court after a four-day trial. She was bailed to appear at the same court for sentencing on September 12.

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The court heard how at approximately 8.20pm on September 11, 2014, two-year-old Fahima Hassan, of Kingsbury, was in the Asda car park in Forty Lane, Wembley.

Fahima and her mother had just left the store and were in the road near a zebra crossing.

Aden, driving a Volkswagen Tiguan, then hit the child, later telling police she thought she had hit a trolley instead.

Despite the efforts of the emergency services, Fahima died in hospital later that day.

Aden was interviewed twice by police under caution before being summoned before Hendon magistrates on December 23, 2015.

Detective Sergeant Stephen Pidgeon, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit in Alperton, said: "Hoden Aden has had to face up to the fact that her careless driving resulted in the avoidable death of a two-year-old child.

"She will be sentenced in due course but of course nothing she faces can be comparable to the unimaginable loss suffered by Fahima's family and especially her mother who had to relive the collision by giving evidence in court."