Household handout/West Yorkshire PoliceA person has appeared in courtroom charged with the homicide of a supply driver killed in Leeds earlier this week.
Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, was left fatally injured on Heights Drive within the Armley space of town on Tuesday night, after he had tried to cease a thief stealing the van he was driving.
Mark Ross, 32, appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court docket on Friday charged with homicide.
Mr Ross, of Convention Street in Armley, spoke solely to substantiate his title and deal with in the course of the transient listening to and was remanded in custody to seem at Leeds Crown Court docket on 27 August.
Mr Kondor, who was from Sheffield, was believed to have been delivering an Amazon package deal to an deal with on Alliance Road in Armley at round 18:50 BST on Tuesday when he discovered somebody making an attempt to steal the automobile.
BBC/David SpereallIn line with police, Mr Kondor was left hanging out of the passenger door because the van made off, earlier than it crashed into parked automobiles round half-a-mile away, leaving him mendacity on the highway.
Regardless of receiving emergency therapy from medics on the scene, he was later pronounced lifeless.
The van was later discovered deserted within the Belle Isle space of Leeds, round six miles away.
A 24-year-old man who was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of homicide, remained in custody, West Yorkshire Police stated.
A girl who was arrested on the similar time on suspicion of aiding an offender has been launched underneath investigation.
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