Father charged over death crash

A Lincolnshire father has appeared before magistrates charged with causing the deaths of four of his children by dangerous driving.

Nigel Gresham's Land Rover went into the River Witham at Tattershall Bridge on 16 September 2007.

His children, Willow, two, Angel, four, Thor, six, and Keavy, eight, all died.

Mr Gresham, 37, of Witham Drive, Chapel Hill, was granted bail at Grantham magistrates. He will appear at Lincoln Crown Court on 29 July.

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A Land Rover ended up in a river

At Monday's hearing he spoke only to confirm his name and address.

'Evidence reviewed'

As the details of the case were read out to the court Mr Gresham took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

Magistrates decided the case was too serious for them to deal with and referred it to crown court.

Mr Gresham and his partner Sara Bolland, 31, were with their seven children when the crash happened.

The court was told the couple had since split up.

Before the hearing, Jaswant Kaur Narwal, chief crown prosecutor for Lincolnshire, said: "This is a very sad case and we have spent a great deal of time reviewing the evidence and considering the public interest before making the decision to prosecute.

"It is not a decision which has been taken lightly given the tragic deaths of Mr Gresham's children and the loss he has suffered as their father."