Man in court over death of pedestrian

A man has appeared at Lisburn Magistrates' Court charged with causing death by careless driving after the death of a woman on Friday.

Mark Branagan, 34, and with an address at Muskett Road in Carryduff, was also charged with driving without a licence, driving without insurance and being an unaccompanied learner driver.

The victim, a pedestrian, was Pauline Downing who was in her 60s.

She was hit by a car on Friday afternoon in Aghagallon, County Antrim.

Police received a report at about 14:50 BST on Friday of a collision involving a pedestrian and an Audi Q3 on the Lurgan Road.

Emergency services attended but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

A detective constable told the court he was able to connect Branagan to the charges.

Branagan appeared in court in a gray tracksuit and no application for bail was made.

He will appear in Craigavon Magistrates' Court again on Friday 30 October.