Driver charged over Udimore woman's coffee shop death

An 86-year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a Udimore woman died when a car crashed into a coffee shop on Christmas Eve.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th May 2016, 15:32 BST
Updated 19th May 2016, 16:35 BST

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The defendant, who is from Westerham in Kent, will appear at Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, July 5.

Kent Police have not publicly named the man.

The fatal crash saw a car plough into a Costa Coffee shop, in The Green, Westerham, at around 10.30am on December 24 last year.

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Valerie Deakin, 74, from Udimore, was inside the coffee shop at the time. She died at the scene.

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