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Causing death accused denied bail

Jan 13, 2010 News

Acting Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday denied bail to a motorcyclist accused of causing death by dangerous driving. Troy King, 35, of Well Road, South Ruimveldt Park, was not required to plead to the indictable charge which read that he drove his motorcycle in a dangerous manner which resulted in the death of Dhanraj Narine.
King was also slapped with a charge for driving without a licence and also failing to have sufficient insurance to cover a third party. To those charges he pleaded not guilty. King was represented by attorney at law Raphael Trotman.
In a bail application, Trotman told the court that his client is the holder of a provisional licence. The lawyer sought to explain to the court that King indeed had a licence, but he was not given the chance to get the document because he was kept in custody.
Trotman added that his client had paid $11,000 towards his insurance and that the company made a mistake when they issued King with the receipt. The receipt only had that he paid for the month of December. He said that the insurance company is in the process of rectifying the mistake.
The lawyer further explained to the court that King had turned north into Hunter Street and Narine was on the carriageway. Trotman stated that his client took every precaution to avoid hitting Narine, but it was the deceased who wandered into the middle of the road. He added that the deceased may have died from the accident, but he also had known medical complications.
The attorney also stated that after Narine was struck down his client quickly got a vehicle and took him to the hospital. Trotman noted that the police never had to look for his client because he always made himself available. He also stated that there was no evidence to suggest that his client was drunk at the time of the accident.  He asked that King be granted his pre-trial liberty because he was not a flight risk, nor would he interfere with any of the witnesses. However Police Prosecutor Stephen Telford objected to bail. The prosecutor said although King must be commended because he took the deceased to the hospital, it still was a serious offence.
The prosecutor said that his investigation revealed that King was not a licenced driver; also he denied having a licence when the police questioned him. Telford said that checks were made at the Licence Revenue Office and it did not show that King was issued with a licence. Bail was denied and King is expected to make another court appearance on Friday.

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