A man has been charged with one count of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by driving while disqualified.

The charges are in connection with an incident on May 23 last year.

A blue BMW which had failed to stop for police, crashed into  a pedestrian, Kevin Burgess, who was aged 41 at the time.

Aaron Clare, aged 33, of no fixed abode, was charged via a postal requisition on 20 August.

Clare will appear before Reading Magistrates’ Court on September 22.

Mr Burgess’s next of kin continue to be supported by specially trained officers.