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| M1 minibus crash: Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaff deny dangerous driving | M1 minibus crash: Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaff deny dangerous driving |
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| Two lorry drivers have denied a string of charges following a crash on the M1 that left eight people dead. | Two lorry drivers have denied a string of charges following a crash on the M1 that left eight people dead. |
| Six men and two women died in the crash involving two lorries and a minibus near Newport Pagnell on 26 August. | Six men and two women died in the crash involving two lorries and a minibus near Newport Pagnell on 26 August. |
| Ryszard Masierak, 31, of Evesham, Worcestershire; and David Wagstaff, 53, of Stoke-on-Trent; each deny eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving. | Ryszard Masierak, 31, of Evesham, Worcestershire; and David Wagstaff, 53, of Stoke-on-Trent; each deny eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving. |
| A trial has been set for 26 February at Aylesbury Crown Court. | A trial has been set for 26 February at Aylesbury Crown Court. |
| Mr Masierak was remanded in custody, while Mr Wagstaff was given bail. | Mr Masierak was remanded in custody, while Mr Wagstaff was given bail. |
| Four minibus passengers were also seriously hurt in the crash on the southbound carriageway. Both defendants denied four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. | |
| Mr Wagstaff pleaded guilty to eight counts of death by careless driving, and to careless driving. | |
| Peter Shaw, prosecuting, said these pleas were not accepted by the Crown. He called for Mr Wagstaff to stand trial on the more serious charge of death by dangerous driving. | |
| The eight people who died were part of a group of Catholics from Nottingham's Malayali community, originating from Kerala in southern India. | |
| They were on their way to catch the Eurostar to France when the crash happened. | |
| The minibus was being driven from Nottingham to London by Cyriac Joseph, 52, a father-of-two, who died in the crash. | |
| The other victims were Tamilmani Arachelvan, 50; Lavanyalakshmi Seetharaman, 32; Panneerselvam Annamalai, 63; Subramaniyan Arachelvan, 58; Rishi Rajeev Kumar, 27; Vivek Bhaskaran, 26; and Karthikeyan Pugalur Ramasubramanian, 33. | |
| Mano Ranjan Panneerselvam, an IT worker with Nottingham-based company Wipro, was critically injured. A five-year-old girl, a woman in her 30s and a woman in her 50s were also hurt. |