Motorcyclist denies grandmother crash death

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Gillian Livingstone's family said her death left a "huge void"

A motorcyclist has denied killing a grandmother and seriously injuring her grandchild by driving dangerously.

Gillian Livingstone, 75 and from Cleator Moor in Cumbria, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Ennderdale Road in the town on 26 May.

Kieran Yorke appeared at Carlisle Crown Court and pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerously driving a motorcycle and another of causing serious injury.

The 22-year-old from Workington was granted bail by judge Michael Fanning and will return to court for a trial set for the week beginning 19 July.

A Cumbria Police spokesman said two other men, aged 22 and 23, remain on bail while investigations continue.

In a tribute issued by her family Gillian Livingstone was described as their "focal point for information, guidance, advice and caring", and as someone who "wasn't afraid to voice her own opinion".

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