A Polish man extradited back to Britain was remanded in custody today after appearing in court in connection with the death of a student in a road accident in 2007, according to police.
Lukasz Banasik, 22, was flown back from Poland to Biggin Hill airport in Kent yesterday and arrested by officers from Hampshire police investigating the death of Gavin Hustler-Brown.
Mr Hustler-Brown, a promising international-standard diver, died after being struck by a blue Vauxhall Astra as he walked near the Hobbit Pub, in Bevois Valley Road, Southampton, on April 27, 2007.
The 22-year-old victim, originally from Bradford, West Yorkshire, was a first year criminology student at university in Southampton.
The car involved in the alleged incident was later found abandoned in Alma Road.
Banasik appeared at Southampton Magistrates' Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident, driving without insurance and driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence.
He spoke only to confirm his identity and was remanded in custody until a plea and case management hearing at Southampton Crown Court on December 22, according to a police spokeswoman.
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