A man has been charged with causing the death of a 28-year-old passenger by dangerous driving in a crash in central Brighton.
Jonathan Wenham, 40 of Ridgeside Avenue, Brighton was charged on Tuesday with causing the death of Nicholas Messenger, 28, of Old Kent Road, London.
Mr Messenger was a passenger in a BMW which collided with a tree in Grand Parade on January 21.
Wenham was also charged with driving with excess alcohol, making a false statement to obtain insurance and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
He has been bailed to appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court on April 21.
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