A POLICE officer in charge of a case where a hotel owner killed a wedding guest has admitted a statement from a key eyewitness should have been taken from the scene of a reconstruction.

PC Emma Drummond was in the witness box again today in the trial at Bradford Crown Court of Nicholas Bannister, who denies causing the death of Baildon grandmother Judith Wadsworth by careless driving on February 7, 2020.

She began her evidence last Friday in the fourth day of the trial and continued to be cross-examined by defence lawyer, Lisa Judge, on Monday.

Drummond was the Officer In Charge (OIC) in the case and during the course of today, the court heard about a green book that she filled out with lines of enquiries, actions, and results as part of the investigation.

This detailed that Drummond had acquired evidence from Natasha Hobson-Shaw, who saw 66-year-old Mrs Wadsworth runover and killed by Bannister on a pedestrian walkway at the Coniston Hotel and Spa, about the positioning of the victim and the defendant’s car at a reconstruction of the crash.

But this never made it into a statement and Mrs Judge suggested it should have.

Drummond admitted a statement should have been obtained, but said her green book was disclosed and provided to the CPS.

Mrs Judge said: “Should have, would have, could have, didn't.”

The trial continues.