Niall Linden (37) had pleaded not guilty to causing the death of passenger Dita Paverniece by dangerous driving after his car smashed into a granite wall on St Clement’s Coast Road on 12 February 2011. But after no evidence was offered to support the charge by the Crown, an application was made by Mr Linden’s representative to have the charge dismissed.
However, Linden was then charged with a new, lesser offence of careless driving, the maximum sentence for which is a £1,000 fine. The defendant admitted the offence and is due to be sentenced on Friday 7 September.
Full story in Saturday’s JEP
