A WOMAN has pleaded not guilty to killing two men by careless driving.

Emma Downs, 38, is alleged to have caused the deaths of Matthew Lind and James Morden, both 31, by driving without due care and attention in Harvey’s Lane, Ringmer.

Mr Lind, from Wimbledon, and Mr Morden, from Tunbridge Wells, died when Downs hit them in her Nissan on September 9 last year.

Downs, of Sussex View Close, Crowborough, pleaded not guilty at Lewes Crown Court.

A trial date was set for February 18.