British tourist Graham Stephen Belcher, 52, has been committed to stand trial over multiple charges involving a fatal crash with two motorcycles on 2 September 2019.
His committal trial will be held in Tweed Heads Local Court on 22 April 2020 and Belcher will appear via video link from jail.
NSW Police will allege the unlicensed driver in a rental car did not give way to two motorcycles at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Tweed Valley Way in Tumbulgum near Tweed Heads, about 3.20pm on 2 September.
Scott Rose, 39, died at the scene and his riding partner, Barry Nolan, was taken to Tweed Heads Hospital with minor injuries. He later released from hospital.
Scott Rose, wife Tenniel and his children Lacey and NashFail to stop
Belcher failed to stop and his Hyundai tourist rental car was later found abandoned at Terranora.
He was arrested at Brisbane International Airport at 2am the next day as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong.
He was extradited to NSW on an outstanding warrant and was also charged with:
- dangerous driving occasioning death – drive manner dangerous;
- fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death;
- negligent driving (occasioning death);
- cause bodily harm by misconduct in charge of motor vehicle;
- drive while licence cancelled;
- not give way to vehicle (give way sign/line); and
- driver fails/refuses to disclose his identity.
Family fundraiser
Scott Rose, wife Tenniel and his children Lacey and Nash fundraiserA fundraiser page was started to raise money for Scott’s family.
. It is still open and so far more than $17,000 of a $10,000 goal has been raised.
The fundraiser page was started by brother-in-law, Codie Holliday, to raise money to support Scott’s wife Tenniel and his children Lacey, 9, and Nash, 6.
“As the sole income provider for his family, Scott’s tragic death is impacting his family in so many awful ways, including financially,” Codie says on the fundraiser page.
Scott was a maintenance technician at Movie World and Sea World.
Codie says Scott “loved riding bikes, fixing them, his kids both have bikes and I’m fairly sure the garage has a number of ongoing bike ‘projects’ always”.