A man accused of killing his best friend’s girlfriend through dangerous driving had his name cleared by a jury yesterday. Donald Iain MacDonald was riding a motorcycle with Anett Farkas as his passenger when he came into collision with another bike.

Ms Farkas, 24, a popular Canadian bartender at the Robin Hood pub, died from head injuries sustained in the accident on North Street, Pembroke, around 9 p.m on September 5 2005. She had moved to the Island just two months before her death, and was described at a subsequent memorial service as a young woman with a “happy, friendly nature.”