Afghanistan victim’s sister denies causing sibling’s death in car crash

AN East Yorkshire woman has denied causing the death of her sister in a car crash, a few months after their soldier brother was killed in Afghanistan.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Nov 2013, 12:58 BST
Rosie-Ann Stone (right) with her parents Robert and Angie Stone outside Hull Crown Court.Rosie-Ann Stone (right) with her parents Robert and Angie Stone outside Hull Crown Court.
Rosie-Ann Stone (right) with her parents Robert and Angie Stone outside Hull Crown Court.

Rosie-Ann Stone, 20, pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing the death of Jennie Stone, 28, by careless driving when she appeared at Hull Crown Court today.

Stone was prosecuted following an incident on the A165 near Fraisthorpe, East Yorkshire, in February, when Jennie’s car hit a tree and she suffered fatal head injuries.

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The defendant is understood to have been driving her own car when the incident happened.

The crash took place just months after their brother, Private Gregg Stone, was killed while serving with the Army in Afghanistan.

Pte Stone, of the 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, was shot dead as he took part in a mission to rescue an Afghan policeman in Helmand Province on June 3 last year.

Stone, from Bridlington, was watched by members of her family as she entered the dock for a brief hearing today.

Judge Simon Jack heard that she will go on trial on January 13 next year.

Judge Jack granted Stone unconditional bail.

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