Man charged over Cllr Willie Crowley death crash has case put back to next month

A dad-of-two charged in relation to a collision that caused the death of Cllr Willie Crowley was remanded in custody when he appeared in court yesterday.

Polish national Damian Klansincki (28) with an address Nurney, Co Kildare appeared in Cloverhill District Court yesterday morning.

Mr Klansincki is charged with leaving the scene of an accident in Newbridge on December 15 as well as having no insurance, no road tax and no driving licence.

The defendant was remanded in custody to appear at Cloverhill District Court again on March 9.

Cllr Crowley died from his injuries in Naas General Hospital several days afterwards and several Dail TDs like Shane Ross attended his funeral in Newbridge before Christmas.

A colleague in Cllr Crowley's Independence Alliance political grouping, Morgan McCabe was officially co-opted on to Kildare County Council earlier this month.

Cllr Crowley and Mr McCabe were long time friends and fellow campaigners.