A man has appeared in court charged with causing the death of a policeman by dangerous driving.

PC Phillip Pratt, 26, died after being struck by a vehicle on June 14 last year. He was helping to divert traffic from the A249 following an earlier accident.

Stephen Allen Frank Pirie, aged 48, of Ramsgate Road, Broadstairs, appeared at Canterbury Magistrates Court today.

His case was transferred to Canterbury Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on April 26.