A driver has been charged with murder in the UK because a woman he allegedly ran over died almost three months later — after getting infected with the coronavirus in her hospital bed, according to reports.
Robert Barrow, 54, was initially released on bail soon after his arrest for allegedly knocking down Tahereh Pirali-Dashti, 40, in a road rage attack in north London on Jan. 20, Scotland Yard said in a statement.
Pirali-Dashti — whose 56-year-old husband was also punched in the attack — remained in a hospital, where she was infected with the coronavirus, according to the Telegraph.
She died on April 10 from a combination of COVID-19, pneumonia and cardiac arrest, the paper says.
Barrow was re-arrested Friday and charged with murder. He appeared via videolink from prison Tuesday at Britain’s top court, the Old Bailey, where he was remanded in custody until July.
Police say the charges came because the attack left Pirali-Dashti “in a critical condition until she died.”