No plea filed in fatal crash case

A woman charged with causing a crash that killed a leading Marlborough lawyer is yet to enter a plea, and retains name suppression after reappearing in the Queenstown District Court on Monday.

Stuff reported the woman first appeared in court the day after the crash on Omarama-Lindis Pass Rd/State Highway 8 on November 19 last year, where Blenheim motorcyclist Philip Watson, 64, died at the scene.

The woman was charged with aggravated careless driving causing death in relation to the crash.

She was granted interim name suppression when she first appeared in the Queenstown District Court on November 20, and was remanded on bail.

The woman did not enter a plea when she appeared in court on Monday and was remanded on bail until her next court date in Queenstown on February 26.

Mr Watson was a leading member of Blenheim’s criminal bar and a motorcycle enthusiast.

 

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