Two distraught daughters have spoken out after the man who killed their mother in a hit-and-run walked free from court.

Heartbroken Demi and Terri Donnell blasted the justice system and said their mum's life was treated the same way as a car wing mirror.

This was moments after Robert Webster was spared jail and allowed to keep his driving license at Paisley Sheriff Court on Tuesday.

Angela McGregor, 48, passed away on Christmas Day - less than 48 hours after Webster ran her over in his Volkswagen Golf.

Angela was just a stone's throw from her home in Paisley's Wallace Street when she was struck by Webster, of the town's Laighpark View.

The details of the collision which led to Angela's death were heard on Tuesday when Webster, 57, appeared in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court to be sentenced.

He had earlier pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident after having struck Angela, leaving her "so severely injured that she died."

He admitted breaking Section 170(2) and (4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 by failing to stop and provide information and the details of the driver after a fatal accident took place.

Procurator Fiscal Depute Claire Nicholls said that Angela was crossing Love Street in Paisley, at its junction with Wallace Street, when she was struck by Webster's vehicle.

The prosecutor explained: "At about 19.57 on December 23, 2015, Angela McGregor was crossing Love Street.

"Collision investigators are reasonably certain the direction of travel, relative to her, was East to West across Love Street.

"She was going to the nearby shops, which would have been Robert Webster's right to left.

"At the time the now accused, Robert Webster, was driving a blue coloured Volkswagen Golf.

"Robert Webster's vehicle struck Angela McGregor while she was still on the carriageway.

"Thereafter he continued to drive and made his way to his home address."

The police were contacted and an investigation was launched, with Angela being taken to Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Nicholls continued: "At 4.30pm on December 25, 2015, the life of Angela McGregor was pronounced extinct by Dr Brian Digby."

The court heard that, the morning after he'd struck Angela, Webster went to his sister's house and told her what had happened the night before.

Nicholls explained: "He made her aware he believed he'd been involved in a road accident the previous evening on Love Street.

"He informed his sister he wanted to hand himself in to the police."

Later that day Webster went to Paisley police office and told officers what had happened.

He said: "I was driving on Love Street and hit somebody - I panicked and just drove home.

"I wanted to do the right thing - I feel so bad."

Webster was detained and asked to provide details of who was driving when Angela was struck, He replied: "There was an accident in Love Street and there was a woman involved.

"That's the gist of it and I was driving."

Defence solicitor Paul Coyle said Webster had "expressed some empathy and apology for his actions, or lack of actions."

The lawyer added: "He tells me the matter is the first thing he thinks about in the morning and the last thing he thinks about at night.

"I have no reason to think that would diminish.

"He knows he can't make recompense."

The lawyer asked for mercy for Webster, who could have been jailed for up to six months for the offence, saying he could pay back to society for his wrongful decision not to stop.

But Sheriff Susan Sinclair spared him jail, noting that losing his license would mean he could lose his job in the construction industry.

As she fined him £1,000, reduced from £1,500 as he had admitted his guilt, and placed 10 penalty points on his license, the sheriff said: "The charge brought against you by the Crown is one of failing to stop after an accident that occurred, resulting in the death of Angela McGregor."

Eighteen friends and family of Angela had crowded in to the building's small court five for to see Webster sentenced.

At an earlier hearing the court heard Angela's family wanted to submit a victim impact statement to let the sentencing sheriff know how her death had affected them.

The statement was not read in court and after today/yesterday's hearing, Angela's daughters hit out over the handling of the case.

Demi Donnell, 23, a Primary Education student at the University of Glasgow, said: "Anything which could have gone his way has done.

"He could've gone to prison for a period of time, a small period of time, but he could have gone to prison.

"I feel like my mum's life has been treated the same way as a vehicle - someone could hit it and keep driving and not go to jail.

"It's like her life is the same as a car wing mirror.

"My mum has a five-year-old granddaughter she will never see again.

"The first opportunity he had to report the accident was when my mum was still lying on the road."

Another of Angela's daughters, Terri Donnell, 28, an English Language student at the University of Glasgow, was too tearful to speak as her sister Demi relayed the family's frustrations.