Two in court over grandmother's bike crash death

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News image — Gillian Livingstone and her grandchild were hit by a motorcycle in Cleator Moor

Supplied Gillian Livingstone, a woman in her seventies, with her arms in the air. She is wearing a brown coat with a fur-lined hood pulled up over her head and a grey scarf. She is standing on a hill with a path going uphill behind her. — Gillian Livingstone and her grandchild were hit by a motorcycle in Cleator Moor

Two men have appeared in court accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of a great-grandmother who was struck by a motorcycle.

Gillian Livingstone, 75, died and her grandchild suffered a serious head injury when they were hit while crossing Ennerdale Road in Cleator Moor on 26 May.

Shaun Rafferty, 22, from Seaton, and Stefan Young, 24, of Moresby Parks, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court where the judge heard allegations people were "racing" when the crash happened.

The pair were bailed and are expected to stand trial on 19 July next year alongside Kieran Yorke, 22, from Workington, who previous pleaded not guilty to causing the grandmother's death.

Rafferty and Young have yet to enter pleas, but lawyers representing them indicated both would be pleading not guilty.

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