A teacher who was paralysed after a teenage university student knocked her off her bike has said her body now 'disgusts' her, as the driver avoids jail.

Teacher and A Level examiner Catherine Mills, 53, suffered multiple injuries after 19-year old motorist Leah MacKinnon pulled out in front of her at a road junction without looking.

Mrs Mills was thrown over the bonnet of MacKinnon's Ford Fiesta and was left with a dislocated shoulder, broken shoulder blades, broken ribs and damaged tendons.

She was paralysed in her left arm after suffering nerve damage, with only a 70 per cent chance of recovery.

She said she cannot see if her 'life is worth living' the the damage turns out to be permanent.