Former professional cyclist to face court over wife's death

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Former professional cyclist Rohan Dennis has faced the Adelaide magistrate's court, his first appearance since being charged with causing the death of his Olympian wife, Melissa Hoskins.

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00:00 Rowan Dennis arrived earlier today. He was flanked by his defence lawyer Jess Kurzer

00:07 and also a male supporter. It's actually the first time he's faced court since he was charged

00:12 with cause death by dangerous driving and driving without due care. Today, prosecutors

00:18 asked for a further five months to enable major crash investigators to complete a reconstruction

00:24 of the crash scene. His lawyer, defence lawyer Jess Kurzer also asked for a bail variation

00:32 so that Rowan Dennis doesn't have to regularly report to police. Police prosecutors didn't

00:37 argue against that variation and he appeared quite stony faced, had quite a serious expression

00:43 inside of court. And did he say anything outside court, Evelyn?

00:51 He declined to comment as he was walking in and outside of court. When he first arrived

00:58 he looked a little bit shocked by how many cameras were waiting to film him go into court

01:04 today. On the way out he essentially just looked down while a lot of court reporters

01:10 were asking him about the events surrounding that alleged offence. He declined to comment

01:16 by looking down and he promptly got into a car and was driven away. His lawyer also declined

01:23 to comment outside of court so he is next expected to face court on August 6.

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