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A man who opened his car door allegedly causing cyclist Jane
Mary Bishop to swerve into the path of a truck has pleaded not
guilty.
Glenn Becker, 36, is charged with careless use of a motor vehicle
causing death. He appeared in the Auckland District Court this
morning.
The 27-year-old British nurse was cycling home from downtown
Auckland when she dodged the door of a car parked on the corner
near Kelly Tarlton's at about 6.30pm.
She successfully avoided the car door, but was hit by a truck
travelling in the same direction.
She was freed by firefighters from the back wheels and efforts were
made to revive her, but she died at the scene.
At the time police said she had taken evasive action to avoid a
motorist who opened their car door, and had fallen under a truck
travelling alongside her.
Bishop was in New Zealand on a working holiday at the time and had
bought the bike in an effort to get fit for her best friend's
wedding in May in the UK, where she was going to be a
bridesmaid.
This case isn't the first of its kind in New Zealand. Two drivers
also faced the same charge when they killed four other cyclists
during the same week in November.
Becker's lawyer Kevin Brosnahan entered a plea of not guilty and
his client was remanded on bail to July 19.
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