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Woman charged over fatal Wimbledon school crash
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Woman who drove into a tea party outside a London school charged over death of 2 girls
LONDON — A woman who drove a Land Rover into a tea party outside a London primary school celebrating the last day of classes in 2023, killing two 8-year-old girls and injuring several other people, was charged Friday with dangerous driving, authorities said. Prosecutors said they decided to charge Claire Freemantle, 49, with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after the Metropolitan Police reopened its investigation and discovered new evidence. The London police force apologized for how it initially treated the crash and said it had referred its own officers to a watchdog agency looking into police misconduct. Freemantle was originally not charged after prosecutors said she had an epileptic seizure. She had issued a statement expressing her “deepest sorrow” but said she had no recollection of what occurred. Defense lawyers questioned why prosecutors reversed their original decision not to charge Freemantle and said she will plead not guilty when she makes her first court appearance June 16 in Westminster Magistrates’ Court. It’s not clear what new evidence police found, but the reinvestigation came after complaints by the parents of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, who were killed
Woman charged over fatal Wimbledon school crash
12 hours agoLucy Manning,special correspondentandWinnie Agbonlahor,LondonSelana Lau's familyNuria Sajjad and Selena Lau were killed in July 2023The driver of the car which crashed into the grounds of a south-west London school killing two eight-year-old girls has been charged by prosecutors.Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a Land Rover driven by Claire Freemantle crashed into an end-of-term tea party on the lawn of The Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon in July 2023.The Metropolitan Police apologised for how it "initially dealt with the incident" and said it would "fundamentally reset" how it investigates fatal and serious crashes.The 48-year-old was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Her lawyers said she would deny all charges.The parents of the children killed and injured were in central London on Friday morning to meet the police about their charging decisionIn a statement, the girls' parents said they were one step closer to finding out why their children died, which they described as an "unthinkable tragedy".They added: "In June 2024, we rejected the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to take no further action because we did not believe that decision had been made on
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