A driver has admitted causing the death of a biker who was killed in a crash on a busy Port Talbot road. Paul Watkins died in October last year after being hit by a Vauxhall Corsa car being driven by Ralph Thompson on Afan Way near its junction with Seaway Parade.
The 60-year-old grandfather was well known in the local Sandfields community where he was regarded as one of the best motorcycle mechanics around.
On Monday 59-year-old Thompson pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving when he appeared at Swansea Crown Court for the first day of his trial. The defendant's barrister Hywel Davies asked the court for a pre-sentence report on his client and Thompson, of Ynysymaerdy Road, Briton Ferry, was released on bail until April 24. Adjourning the case, judge Christopher Vosper KC told the defendant he should not regard the fact he had been granted bail as an indication of any likely sentence.
