Two people are charged over Coventry deaths

  • Two people have been charged following the deaths of two young brothers
  • Corey and Casper Platt-May, aged six and two, died after a collision on Thursday

Two people have been charged following the deaths of two young brothers in a hit-and-run collision in Coventry.

Robert Brown, aged 53, of Attwood Crescent, and 41 year-old Gwendoline Harrison, of Triumph Close; both Wyken, will appear before Coventry Magistrates Court sitting at Leamington Justice Centre on Saturday.

They are accused under joint enterprise of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving after Corey and Casper Platt-May – aged six and two – died following a collison on MacDonald Road at around 2pm on Thursday.

Casper Platt-May

Two people have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after Corey (left) and Casper Platt-May (right) were hit by a car and killed

Brown also faces charges of driving while disqualified, no insurance and otherwise than in accordance with a licence; while Harrison also faces a common assault allegation.

Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from the Collision Investigation Unit at West Midlands Police, said: ‘It is always tragic to lose loved ones, especially when so young, and we are continuing to offer our support to family members at such a devastating time.

‘We are very appreciative of the overwhelming help we have received from the public during our investigations to date; and we continue to ask anyone with information who has not already spoken to us to get in touch with us.’

 

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