Darren Day denies road crash charges

ENTERTAINER Darren Day has appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court and maintained his not guilty plea to charges following an alleged incident last month in Manor Place.

The 41-year old from Cudworth in Yorkshire, who was appearing in the musical We Will Rock You at the Playhouse, was arrested in the early hours of 18 December after his Mercedes was involved in a collision with a lamp post.

After being in Drylaw Police Station, he appeared in the Sheriff Court and pleaded not guilty to driving without due care and attention; failing to stop after an accident; failing to report the accident; and a drink-driving charge in that it is alleged he had 58 microgrammes of alcohol in his breath when the legal limit is 35. He also denied failing to provide two specimens at Drylaw Police Station and to being in possession of an offensive weapon.

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Day's defence agent told Sheriff Kathrine Mackie yesterday that he was awaiting "certain information from various sources" and that he sought another intermediate diet before the trial which is due for 21 January.

Fiscal depute, Neil Allan, said the Crown had no objections to this and the hearing was set for 20 January.

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