Woman denies dangerous driving outside primary school

A woman will stand trial accused of dangerous driving after allegedly running down a nine-year-old boy as he crossed with a lollipop man near a school.

Audrey Robertson is alleged to have collided with the boy on Dundee’s Byron Street near the city’s St Peter and Paul Primary School.

Robertson is said to have driven a Ford Fiesta into the schoolboy after failing to stop for a school crossing patroller.

The 49-year-old, of Grange, Errol, pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving.

Defence solicitor John Boyle told Dundee Sheriff Court: “The issue here is the standard of driving the fact that she was driving the car isn’t disputed.”

The case was continued to trial on March 16.