At Bristol Crown Court, Nicholas Lovell, 38, of West Street, Oldland Common, admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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Mr Lovell, from Oldland Common, was remanded in custody by North Avon magistrates charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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Nicholas Lovell from Oldland Common is also charged with driving while disqualified, driving with no insurance and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

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Mr Lovell, 38, of West Street, Oldland Common, has also been charged with driving while disqualified, driving with no insurance and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

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At the time of the crash he was driving a Citroen Picasso owned by Louise Cox, 35, also of Oldland Common, who admitted perverting the course of justice, at the hearing.

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