GALWAY GP PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE OF DANGEROUS DRIVING CAUSING DEATH

Date Published: 01-Dec-2009

A Galway GP charged with dangerous driving that caused the death of a woman near Claregalway two years ago, has pleaded not guilty to the charge.Dr. Devi Chalikonda, The Ashes, Cnoc an Glas, Spiddal, appeared before Galway Circuit Criminal Court today.(1/12)She pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving which caused the death of Mrs. Eileen O’Halloran, at Cregboy, Claregalway in August 2007.Dr. Chalikonda, was accompanied in court by her husband, Mr. C.V. Prasad, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Galway Clinic.Defence barrister, John O’Donnell said Dr. Devi Chalikonda had been a practising GP in Tuam in 2007. A jury was sworn in to hear evidence in the trial which is due to start tomorrow or Thursday.Judge Raymond Groarke told jury members to come back to court tomorrow afternoon when the trial might begin.