Robbie Awad goes on trial over honeymoon death of wife in golf buggy crash on QLD’s Hamilton Island
A Sydney man accused of causing his new wife’s death in a golf buggy crash during their honeymoon is on trial in a Queensland court.
Robbie Awad was charged over the death of 29-year-old Marina Hanna on Hamilton Island in June 2022.
They were travelling on the buggy when it crashed on Whitsunday Blvd, causing Hanna critical injuries.
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Awad, who was aged 30 when he was charged, appeared in Proserpine Magistrates Court on Thursday to fight a charge of driving without due care and attention causing death.
The hearing, before Magistrate Kerrie O’Callaghan, is listed to run for four days.
