Fatal gyrocopter crash caught on camera
The moment a hunt supporter was hit and killed by the propeller of a gyrocopter near Stratford-upon-Avon was caught on camera by an eyewitness, a court has heard.
Trevor Morse, 48, died of severe head injuries after he was struck by the light aircraft at Long Marston airfield on Monday.
Bryan Griffiths, 54, of Wiltshire Close, Bedworth, north Warwickshire, has appeared in court charged with his murder.
Magistrates in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, heard that an eyewitness filmed the incident, and the moments before it, with a video camera.
Miss Philippa Cowley, prosecuting, told the court Mr Morse was struck by a rear-mounted propeller and died "virtually immediately".
During a 15-minute hearing, the court heard that Griffiths, a heating technician, was a member of an anti-hunt animal rights campaign and worked as a volunteer hunt monitor, liaising closely with police.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Warwick Crown Court on March 23.
Warwickshire Police said a second man arrested on suspicion of murder was released on police bail on Wednesday night pending further inquiries.
