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Window fitter denies unlawfully killing farmer during row in supermarket car park

News | | Published: 15:03, Tuesday April 30th, 2019.
Last updated: 15:44, Tuesday April 30th, 2019

Timothy Higgins has denied the manslaughter of Christopher Gadd

A window fitter has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of a farmer during a row in a supermarket car park.

Timothy Higgins, 22, of The Glade, in Wyllie, near Blackwood, also denied charges of causing death while driving without a licence or insurance.

Christopher Gadd died just a day after his 48th birthday after allegedly being struck by a blue Land Rover outside Sainsbury’s Pontllanfraith on Monday, March 4.

Farmer Christopher and his brother Paul were on a routine shopping trip to the store when there was an alleged row over a space in the store car park.

Higgins appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Monday, April 29, and was granted bail until his trial in July.

Christopher Gadd died outside Pontllanfraith Sainsbury's
Christopher Gadd died outside Pontllanfraith Sainsbury’s

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