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05/09/2003
Carnlough man charged with killing teenagers in road crash
A 32-year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following the death of two teenagers in Co Antrim last month.
Paul Jude Johnston, of Ballymena Road, Carnlough, was also charged with driving while unfit through drink or drugs, after the car he was driving hit a wall on the Marine Road in Carnlough last month.
Mr Johnston made no reply when the charges were read to him.
David McAuley, 15, from Seacourt Road in Larne and Gavin O'Neill, 16, from Gortin Park in Carnlough, both back seat passengers in the Ford Escort Cosworth, were killed in the accident.
Johnston appeared before Larne Magistrates' Court on Friday and was remanded on bail to appear in court again on 31 October.
(MB)
Paul Jude Johnston, of Ballymena Road, Carnlough, was also charged with driving while unfit through drink or drugs, after the car he was driving hit a wall on the Marine Road in Carnlough last month.
Mr Johnston made no reply when the charges were read to him.
David McAuley, 15, from Seacourt Road in Larne and Gavin O'Neill, 16, from Gortin Park in Carnlough, both back seat passengers in the Ford Escort Cosworth, were killed in the accident.
Johnston appeared before Larne Magistrates' Court on Friday and was remanded on bail to appear in court again on 31 October.
(MB)
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