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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Lucinda Garbutt-Young

Man accused of killing person while drink driving pleads not guilty

A MAN charged with dangerous driving occasioning death has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Timothy Gillmer, of Wyee Point, was allegedly driving on Government and Ruttleys roads at about 12:05 on the morning of February 11 when Todd Heiler was killed from impact.

Gillmer was charged with two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death - for intoxication and driving in a manner dangerous to another person - one count of negligent driving occasioning death and one count of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death.

Newcastle court house. File picture

He was allegedly intoxicated while driving the Kawasaki Zx-14 and had a recorded blood alcohol reading of 0.183g/100ml.

The accused will stand trial at Newcastle District Court on September 28.

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