A trial date has been set in the case of a man who stands accused of causing an elderly pedestrian’s death by dangerous driving following a collision involving a coach outside Carlisle’s railway station.
Roger Denwood, 75, of Cockermouth, was one of two people outside the main entrance at Court Square at around 6.20pm on November 30 last year.
A police spokesman said a rail replacement bus had crashed into the front of the building.
Two people were reported to have been injured, including Mr Denwood, who later died.
An inquest opened earlier this year heard he had been taken after the collision, to a trauma centre in Newcastle where lifesaving treatment was attempted.
However, Mr Denwood’s injuries were too severe and he was transferred to Carlisle’s Eden Valley Hospice for end-of-life care.
Michael Cockton, 47, appeared at the city’s crown court this morning.
During a short hearing in front of Judge Michael Fanning, Cockton pleaded not guilty to one charge which alleges that he caused Mr Denwood’s death by driving a coach dangerously in the railway station car park.
A date for a trial in front of a jury was listed. This is due to start on September 8 2025, and — it is estimated — will last around three days.
In the meantime Cockton, of St Helens Avenue, Flimby, near Maryport, remains on bail.
