A judicial review will be held into the death of a man hit by a refuse truck in Brighton.

The family of Stephane Aineto, 28, of Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, are pressing for a fresh inquest into his death.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the original hearing but rejected by Mr Aineto's relatives.

The High Court has now taken the rare step of permitting a review of the inquest's findings to determine whether there should be a new hearing.

Mr Aineto died when he was struck by a Sita refuse truck in East Street last year.

He was walking in a pedestrian area in the early hours of Saturday, July 29, when he was run over by the seven-and-a-half tonne lorry.

Mr Aineto's sister, Sandrine, said: "We are now hopeful a new inquest will help us to find out why Stephane came to be run over by this council refuse truck.

"We are unhappy the inquest speculated it was probably all Stephane's fault just because he had been drinking.

"Whether Stephane had been drinking or not, he was still just a pedestrian walking home through a pedestrian zone and 2.15am on a Saturday is a stupid time to be driving through pedestrian areas collecting rubbish."

The family's solicitor, John Harford, said the incident should have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and a jury should therefore have been called for the inquest.

Legal documents given on the day of the hearing to the family, who are from Toulouse, had also not been translated into French.

Mr Harford said: "The key issues are whether the HSE ought to have been involved in this inquest right from the start, whether there ought to have been a jury and whether the overall conduct of the inquest was fair to the family."

Following the inquest, Brighton and Hove coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley urged drivers to stop ignoring No Entry signs to drive north along East Street.

But she said using the short- cut, as the refuse truck that struck Mr Aineto had been doing, had not contributed to the death.

Police took no action against the driver, who was said to be devastated by the incident.

Miss Hamilton-Deeley said it would be inappropriate to comment on the latest development.