Minicab driver faces April trial over ballet dancer death

A minicab driver accused of crashing into and killing a star ballet dancer on his way to perform the lead role in a top production will stand trial in April next year. Abdul Qayyum, 44, was allegedly making a phone call using a hands-free kit when he knocked 38 year-old Jonathan Ollivier off his motorbike in Clerkenwell, north London. Mr Ollivier, who was due to star in the final performance of The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, was pronounced…