Household handoutA 32-year-old man who’s charged with inflicting the deaths of a father and son in a automotive crash has no reminiscence of the collision, a court docket has heard.
Peter and Loughlin Devlin died on the scene of the two-car collision outdoors the village of Killylea in County Armagh on 27 December.
Ivan Petrov, of Newry Street in Armagh, is charged with three offences together with two counts of inflicting loss of life by harmful driving and inflicting grievous bodily harm by harmful driving.
Mr Petrov appeared within the dock earlier than Newry Magistrates’ Court docket on Friday with a forged on his left arm.
He spoke solely to say he confirmed the fees.
A police constable instructed the court docket she might join Mr Petrov to the fees.
Two-car crash
The officer stated police believed Mr Petrov was the driving force of an Audi which moved on to the unsuitable facet of the Killylea Street, resulting in a head-on collision with a Mercedes.
When emergency providers attended the scene, two males within the Mercedes have been pronounced useless and a girl was taken to hospital, the place she stays in a vital situation.
Two different passengers, a girl and a male youngster, have been additionally injured and brought to hospital however have since been discharged.
The court docket heard Mr Petrov was handled on the scene for accidents together with a fractured arm.
He was taken to hospital, the place he remained till Thursday.
Mr Petrov’s solicitor instructed the court docket that after he was discharged from hospital, he introduced himself to Musgrave Police Station in Belfast.
The court docket heard Mr Petrov had no recollection of the crash.
When questioned by the defence solicitor, the police officer confirmed Mr Petrov stated the very last thing he remembered earlier than the collision was stopping to eat a bar of chocolate as a result of he was diabetic and felt his blood sugar ranges have been low.
‘Cavalier angle’
The choose stated he was happy Mr Petrov was the driving force of the Audi and that he might correctly join him to the incident.
A bail utility was made by the defence, which was refused by the choose.
Police objected to bail on the idea Mr Petrov was a possible flight danger.
The court docket heard he had hyperlinks to the Republic of Eire and likewise held a driving licence in Portugal.
The choose additionally stated the defendant had a number of earlier convictions for driving offences, together with driving with no insurance coverage, driving with no licence and never restraining a baby, which resulted in driving bans in 2015 and 2018.
He stated Mr Petrov had “a cavalier angle to his driving obligations”.
The defendant was remanded into custody to look in court docket once more on 21 January.
