Death crash driver is charged

Thursday 25th August 2011, 3:00PM BST.

The scene of the fatal accident on 12 February

THE driver involved in the fatal St Clement Coast Road crash has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Niall Linden (36), of Midvale Road, appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday having been arrested in the morning.

He was yesterday given £10,000 bail by Assistant Magistrate Bridget Shaw – who sent the case to the Royal Court because of the seriousness of the charge.

Mr Linden is accused of causing the death of Dita Paverniece, a 27-year-old Latvian passenger who died of suspected head injuries shortly after the accident on Grande Route de la Côte on 12 February.

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