A award-winning doctor and father-of-two died after the bike he was riding was hit by a car.

Nearly a year later, driver Nazila Sanei, who cut off motorcyclist Dr Amin Alamshah in Cricklewood, avoided jail, following a sentencing hearing at Harrow Crown Court.

At 8.30am on March 11 last year, Sanei was driving along along Claremont Road, Cricklewood, when she turned right across the path of an oncoming motorcycle.

Riding that bike was 38-year-old Dr Alamshah, a married father from Finchley.

He suffered serious injuries and died at the scene.

In November, Sanei, 51, of Cumbrian Gardens on the Golders Green Estate, was charged with causing death by careless driving.

On February 13, she pleaded guilty to the charge at Harrow Crown Court.

On Thursday, the judge sentenced her to 28 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.

She has also been disqualified from driving for two years.

During the court hearing, Dr Alamshah's wife said in a victim statement: "Many words can and have been used to describe Amin.

"A passionate colleague, an award winning doctor with a brilliant and promising career, a proud loving father, a loving devoted husband.

"But there are no words that can describe the emptiness, the pain and devastation his absence has left for my little daughters and I."

Dr Alamshah had grown up in Iran and moved to the UK to complete his studies, graduating in 2006.

He began his career at Guys Hospital where he specialised in breast cancer research, in 2010 he was recognised for his work in this area when he was awarded ‘scientist of the year’ at the House of Lords.

At the time of his death, Dr Alamshah was working at the Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital.

Detective Sergeant Matt Smith, from the serious collision investigation unit, who led the investigation said: "This is a tragic incident in which a highly respected and talented doctor has lost his life.

"I would like to extend my sympathy to Dr Alamshah’s family who have lost a husband and father."