Mr Lee was killed when the cows he was herding stampeded A fireman who admitted causing the death of a farmer after his cattle were startled by the fire engine’s siren has been spared jail.
Julian Lawford, 49, pleaded guilty at Exeter Crown Court to causing the death of Harold Lee by careless driving at his trial in December.
Mr Lee, 75, was killed as he walked the cows along a country road near his home in Burtle, Somerset, in August 2009.
Lawford, from Glastonbury, was given a four-month suspended sentence.
He was also banned from driving for 12 months.
At his trial the judge, Mr Justice Roderick Evans, told the fireman he was not considering an immediate custodial sentence and released him on conditional bail.
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