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Man charged in connection with Berkshire cyclists' deaths

31-year-old to appear before magistrates tomorrow on charges including causing death by dangerous driving

A man has been charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of two cyclists in the Berkshire village of Purley on Thames on Thursday evening.

Alexander Farrar Walters, aged 31 and of Beech Road, Purley on Thames, has also been charged with aggravated vehicle-taking, driving while disqualified and using a vehicle without insurance.

He will appear at Reading Magistrates' Court tomorrow, Monday 17 February.

The cyclists have been named as John Moorland, aged 30, and Kris Jarvis, aged 39.

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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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