E-bike rider Jacob Charleston faces court after crash that claimed the life of William Lothian
An e-bike rider who allegedly hit and killed a pedestrian in Hastings while drug-affected has appeared in court for the first time, nursing a broken arm and keeping his head in his hand.
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The rider of an allegedly modified e-bike has fronted court over a smash in Hastings in which a pedestrian died.
Jacob Charleston, 24, fronted the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court via video link from the Hastings police station on Monday.
Mr Charleston is facing charges of dangerous driving causing death, exceeding the prescribed concentration of a drug, unlicensed driving, using an unregistered motor vehicle and using an unsafe or unroadworthy motor vehicle.
His filing hearing and bail application was adjourned until Tuesday because his defence team was waiting on reports from a CISP suitability assessment.
The court heard it was Mr Charleston’s first time in custody and that he had a broken arm which was in a sling.
He spent the duration of the short hearing with his head in the hand of his non-broken arm.
Mr Charleston will stay in custody overnight and was expected to be transferred to Frankston police station before his court appearance on Tuesday.
Pedestrian William Lothian, 69, was crossing the Frankston-Flinders Rd at 6.40pm on May 12 when he was struck.
He was flown to hospital but could not be saved.
The e-bike rider was seriously injured.
William’s brother Ray told the Mornington Peninsula News that he had just ducked out to pick up their dinner when he was struck by the bike.
“He’d been gone for a long time, and I was beginning to wonder what was taking him so long,” he said.
“I saw a torch through the window and thought ‘he’s home’, but then there was another torch and a knock at the door.”
It was police there to tell Ray about the accident and that his brother had been airlifted to Royal Melbourne hospital.
At 4.15pm the next day, William was pronounced dead when his life support was turned off.
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