A man has admitted causing the death of another man by dangerous driving.

Maxwell Powell will be sentenced in April after he made a brief appearance at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Powell, of High Street, Earls Colne, admitted causing death by dangerous driving following an accident in which 24-year-old Nick Benson, of Fish Pits Lane, Bures Hamlet, died.

He was a front seat passenger in a BMW car which hit a tree on the A1124, near Stonebridge Hill, between Earls Colne and Halstead, on September 7.

Powell, 22, was granted bail.

Published Tuesday, March 1, 2005

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