OXON: A driver has appeared in court to deny causing death by dangerous driving.

Stephen Hocknell, of Hollybush Road, Carterton, pleaded not guilty at Banbury Magistrates’ Court.

The 20-year-old was bailed to appear at Oxford Crown Court at a date yet to be decided.

Car passenger Callum MacKinnon, 19, died in a collision on the B4020 Shilton Road, between Burford and Carterton, on September 7.