A SPEEDING driver left a woman paralysed after a horror crash on the A23.

Shaun Nawaz caused the crash which left his victim trapped upside down in the wreckage of her car near Albourne, north of Brighton.

He failed to react after pulling into the inside line at speeds of up to 90mph on the dual carriageway.

Min Wilde was driving at 60mph with her partner in the car when she saw Nawaz’s Citroen pull in behind her, and said: “Oh God, he’s going to hit us.”

Her car was forced up an embankment before flipping over.

As emergency services battled to free Ms Wilde, she told them she could no longer feel her legs.

She has since had to undergo spinal surgery, with four vertebrae removed from her back.

At Hove Crown Court Nawaz admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Ellie Sheehan, prosecuting, said the crash happened on January 20 last year at 4pm, where conditions were overcast and it had been raining.

Ms Wilde was travelling in the inside lane, in front of a witness called Mr Lorrimer, who provided dashboard camera footage of the crash.

The prosecutor said: “Nawaz was driving in the second lane, and speed tests estimate he was travelling between 86 and 88mph as he overtook Mr Lorrimer.

“He approached Ms Wilde’s vehicle, driving significantly faster, and remained in that lane for 42 seconds without reacting to the presence of her vehicle, until it made impact.

“Ms Wilde saw Nawaz behind her in her wing mirror and then realised he was not going to avoid her.

“She said ‘oh my God, he’s going to hit us’.”

Ms Sheehan said Ms Wilde was paralysed after the crash and faced four months in hospital with “life-changing injuries”.

But at Hove Crown Court this week Judge David Rennie asked for a medical update on her condition before he sentences Nawaz, 32, of Doria Drive, Gravesend.

Shannon Revel, defending, said it was the first time Nawaz had heard about the impact on Ms Wilde and said he is concerned about the ongoing effect on her.

The judge said that he would need to know if Ms Wilde has been improving, and said he was “bewildered” that the Crown Prosecution Service had not provided any update since April last year.

Nawaz could face jail at his next hearing on April 24. The maximum sentence for the crime is five years in prison.