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Crash accused in court

A van driver is due to appear in court today accused of murdering a mother-of-three and attempting to murder 13 other pedestrians, including seven children, in a hit-and-run rampage.

Matthew Tvrdon, 31, was remanded in custody at Cardiff Magistrates' Court yesterday. He is due to appear at Newport Crown Court this morning.

Tvrdon is accused of deliberately driving into parents and young children during 30 minutes of mayhem spread over three miles in Cardiff's Ely and Leckwith districts on Friday afternoon.

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