Binman denies causing dustcart death

A binman has denied killing his colleague with a rubbish truck as they did their early morning rounds. Robert Atkins, 25, is accused of causing the death of Paul Abbott, 59, by careless driving on 4 December last year. Emergency services rushed to the Prior Field, Northolt, west London but were unable to save Mr Abbott who died in the ambulance. It is thought the father-of-five was hit after he pushed a colleague out of the way of the truck’s…