A St. John’s woman accused of intentionally running down and killing a man almost three weeks ago, today made her first court appearance since being charged with murder.
The brief and tragic drama played out mid-afternoon on Friday, August 16 where Mount Royal Avenue meets Golf Avenue in the centre of the city.
Police believe a grey Honda civic, allegedly driven by the 36-year-old woman, struck the victim, a 41-year-old man, fleeing and leaving him in the road with serious injuries.
After identifying the woman, and determining they knew each other, she was arrested the next day and charged with attempted murder.
But the man died in hospital a week later, leading police to upgrade the charges against her, which now include second-degree murder, dangerous driving causing death and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
The woman, who’s been in custody since her arrest, made a brief appearance in court by video from jail in Clarenville this morning, with Legal Aid’s Jason Edwards appearing on her behalf.
There’s a court-imposed ban on her name, to protect the identifies of minors indirectly involved in the case.
Her case will be called again on October 8.