The 83-year-old man who allegedly caused the death of a 4-year-old girl in a road accident in Suva in February last year, appeared before Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili this morning.
William Walsh Apted who is charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death and three counts of occasioning grievous bodily harm is expected to take his plea this afternoon.
His lawyer was not available when the case was called this morning.
The case is adjourned to 2.30 this afternoon.
The four-year-old victim was walking with her family members after a church service along Varani Street in Raiwaqa, when a vehicle driven by Apted allegedly hit the family of four from the side of the road.
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