Former champion bike owner Rohan Dennis is anticipated to reply expenses over the demise of his spouse, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins, when he seems in an Adelaide court docket.
Dennis, 34, was arrested after Ms Hoskins, 32, was struck by his car in entrance of their residence at Medindie in Adelaide’s inner-north on December 30.
The mom of two was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital however died that evening.
At a cost dedication listening to in Adelaide Magistrates Courtroom in August, prosecutors confirmed they’d proceed with expenses of inflicting demise by harmful driving and driving with out due care.
Dennis, who’s on bail, is scheduled to face a listening to to reply these expenses on Wednesday.
If discovered responsible of the primary cost, he faces a most 15-year jail time period and obligatory minimal 10-year licence disqualification.
The second cost has a most penalty of 12 months’ jail and a six-month disqualification.
He has made no public remark about his spouse’s demise.
Ms Hoskins competed on the 2012 and 2016 Olympics on the observe within the workforce pursuit, and was within the squad that received the 2015 world title within the occasion.
Throughout his aggressive profession, Dennis received two world titles within the highway time trial, in addition to silver within the workforce pursuit on the 2012 Olympics and bronze within the highway time trial on the Tokyo Olympics.
He grew to become the seventh Australian to put on the yellow jersey as race chief on the Tour de France by profitable the opening time trial in 2015, setting a race document for his common pace.
He additionally received the 2015 Tour Down Beneath in South Australia.
Ms Hoskins was laid to relaxation in her residence metropolis of Perth and a public memorial service was held in Adelaide in February. Dennis attended the service with their two kids.
In March, prosecutors informed Adelaide Magistrates Courtroom police wanted six months to finish a serious crash reconstruction and 4 weeks to get the file to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
