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05/01 09:12 CDT Driver who drove into a tea party outside a London school
charged over death of 2 girls
Driver who drove into a tea party outside a London school charged over death of
2 girls
LONDON (AP) --- A woman who drove a Land Rover into a tea party outside a
London primary school celebrating the last day of classes in 2023, killing two
8-year-old girls and injuring several other people, was charged Friday with
dangerous driving, authorities said.
Prosecutors said they decided to charge Claire Freemantle, 49, with two counts
of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious
injury by dangerous driving after the Metropolitan Police reopened its
investigation and discovered new evidence.
The London police force apologized for how it initially treated the crash and
said it had referred its own officers to a watchdog agency looking into police
misconduct.
Freemantle was originally not charged after prosecutors said she had an
epileptic seizure. She had issued a statement expressing her "deepest sorrow"
but said she had no recollection of what occurred.
Defense lawyers questioned why prosecutors reversed their original decision not
to charge Freemantle and said she will plead not guilty when she makes her
first court appearance June 16 in Westminster Magistrates' Court.
It's not clear what new evidence police found, but the reinvestigation came
after complaints by the parents of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, who were killed
in the incident outside the private Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon,
south London, on July 6, 2023.
The driver plowed through a fence and into the side of the school building.
More than a dozen people were treated for injuries at the scene and 10,
including several pupils, were taken to the hospital for treatment.
