A YOUNG motorcylist who died last weekend after hitting a muck spreader at Stelling Minnis, near Canterbury, has been identified.

He was Andrew Tomsett, 22, of Fiddling Lane, Monks Horton, between Sellindge and Stowting, who collided with the farm vehicle in Bossingham Road at 4.50pm on Saturday.

The landscape gardener was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash and want to hear from anyone who saw the motorbike just before the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Steve Gerry on 01303 850055.

Mr Tomsett is the third motorcyclist to be killed on roads in the Canterbury area in a month.

Nigel Boreham, 39, who lived in France but was travelling to see his family in Faversham, was killed in an accident on the A2 at Wincheap on August 10.

Jason Willis, 34, whose family lives in Fleets Lane, Tyler Hill, died after his motorbike hit the London Road roundabout in Canterbury on August 21.