THE man charged with causing the death of East Halton pensioner Mary Horsley is accused of being more than three times the drink-drive limit.
Steven Carl Richardson, 26, appeared at North Lincolnshire Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with causing death by driving without due care and attention while over the prescribed alcohol limit.
Richardson, of Fern-down Drive, Immingham, offered no plea during his brief appearance in court.
Richardson is accused of being three times the drink drive limit, with a reading of 106mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit for drivers is 35mcgs.
The 79-year-old grandmother was walking home from a hotel she had worked at for 20 years when she was knocked down – just minutes away from her front door – on Townside, East Halton, on January 8.
The mother-of-three had finished an evening shift at the Amethyst Hotel, in East Halton, when she was injured as two cars collided between Scrub Lane and Swinster Lane.
She died at Hull Royal Infirmary.
Mrs Horsley was described by her family as a much-loved mother-of-three and grandmother to many, and by friends as a "lovely lady" with a "brilliant sense of humour".
Floral tributes were laid at the crash scene.
Richardson will next appear at Grimsby Crown Court on Friday, June 14.
