A woman has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a man found unconscious in a Tesco car park. Kimberley Ann Hawkins, of no fixed address, is due to appear in court charged with the manslaughter of 63-year-old Neil Shadwick.

Mr Shadwick was found unresponsive in the Tesco car park on Stratford Road, Stroud, on January 22 last year. Gloucestershire Police say he was found without his mobility scooter, which he used as his mode of transport.

He died in hospital on the same day. Hawkins, 41, is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, May 15.

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Gloucestershire Police said in a statement: "A woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with an incident in Stroud last year. Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 41 and of no fixed address, has been charged with the manslaughter of 63-year-old Neil Shadwick.

"The charge relates to an incident in the car park of Tesco superstore on Stratford Road on 22 January 2023. Mr Shadwick was found unresponsive in the car park and without his mobility scooter, which he used as his mode of transport. He died in hospital the same day.

"Hawkins is due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 15 May."