Husband to fight charges over wife’s death in golf buggy crash
Robbie Awad, whose fiancée died in a tragic buggy crash accident on their honeymoon, will fight the charges laid against him in relation to the incident, a court has been told.
Awad, also known as Robbie Morgan, entered a not guilty plea for the charge of driving without due care and attention causing death when his matter was mentioned at Proserpine Magistrates Court on Monday.
He was issued with a notice to appear in court just months after laying his wife to rest.
The 30-year-old was charged by Queensland Police with causing the death of his wife, Marina Hanna, who didn’t survive the critical injuries she suffered when the golf buggy Awad was driving overturned during their honeymoon on Hamilton Island.
He has also been charged with failure to wear an approved seatbelt by the driver, failure to wear an approved seatbelt by the passenger and using a mobile phone.
Police initially labelled the crash, which occurred ten days after the couple tied the knot, as a “tragic accident”.
Now, Mr Awad is on bail and must reside at his home in Quakers Hill, Sydney.
A brief of evidence was ordered to be served by January 23, with Mr Awad’s matter due to return to court on February 6, though he doesn’t have to appear.
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