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Aidan McAteer appears in court charged over Violet Youens death | |
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A man has appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a four-year-old girl was hit and killed by a car. | |
Violet Grace Youens died after being struck on Prescot Road in St Helens, Merseyside on Friday 24 March. | |
Aidan McAteer, 23 and from Prescot, has also been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and theft of a motor vehicle. | |
He appeared at Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Adult Remand Court. | |
McAteer, who wore a blue sports top and grey tracksuit bottoms, stared at the floor throughout the short hearing and gave his address as no fixed abode. | |
He nodded to confirm he understood the charges against him and was remanded in custody to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 26 April. | |
Violet's grandmother, Angela French, who was also hit by the car, remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition, Merseyside Police said. |
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