Two brothers have denied alleged driving offences after a man was badly hurt outside the Sellafield site — but must wait until 2027 to stand trial.
Craig Fawcett, 51, and 52-year-old Albert Darren Fawcett, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court this morning. They each face one charge.
Craig Fawcett is accused of causing serious injury to a man by driving a Polaris Ranger vehicle dangerously on September 17 2025, on a road from Sellafield to Seascale.
The injuries, an earlier court hearing was told, included rib and collarbone fractures, and a head injury.
Albert Darren Fawcett faces a charge which alleges that he drove an Isuzu Truck dangerously on the same date on the same stretch of road.
Appearing in front of Judge Michael Fanning, the brothers pleaded not guilty to the respective charges after these were read to them by a court clerk during a short hearing.
They had earlier spoken to confirm their personal details.
The charges were brought after police began an investigation into the incident, reported to have involved a vehicle and two pedestrians outside the Calder Gate entrance of Sellafield.
At the time, several people were manning a picket line linked to several days of industrial action by workers of sub-contractors at the site over a pay dispute.
A pedestrian — a man aged 55 — was said to have been taken to the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, with serious injuries before being transferred to Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary where he was reported in the immediate aftermath to be in a stable condition.
A second man, aged 39, also attended hospital with minor injuries and was later discharged.
Craig Fawcett, of Seascale, and Albert Darren Fawcett, of Gosforth, are now due to stand trial in front of a jury at the crown court.
The hearing is due to start on March 15 2027, and currently has a time estimate of around six days.
In the meantime, the brothers have been granted unconditional bail.
- Cumbria police has previously asked people not to share video footage which had been circulated on social media, and to refrain from speculating about the circumstances.
