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Driver in Sophia accident remanded
Dead: Anuradha Dawan
Despite relentless arguments by attorney at law Khemraj Ramjattan, Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson refused to grant bail to the driver who was involved in the accident which claimed the life of eight-year-old Anuradha Dawan.
The man, Aubrey Barker of La Penitence Street, Albouystown, was not required to plead to the indictable offence of causing death by dangerous driving.
It is alleged that on June 4, he drove his vehicle in a dangerous manner which resulted in the death of Anuradha Dawan. A second charge stated that on June 4, while being in lawful custody he escaped. His lawyer in a bail application said that his client has an unblemished record. He added that he was very surprised at the escaping from lawful custody charge.
The lawyer told the court that it was a rank that sent his client away from the police station. According to the lawyer, the child ran in front of his client’s vehicle and was struck down. Ramjattan said that his client took the injured child to the hospital and remained there.
Police Prosecutor Stephen Telford objected to bail. According to the prosecutor, after the incident happened he indeed was helping, but later disappeared. Telford explained that Barker asked a rank to use the toilet and disappeared.
“The life of an innocent girl was snuffed out because of a dangerous driver” said the prosecutor. He said that Barker should have exercised more caution when using the roadways.
The prosecutor said that one must take into consideration the prevalence of the offence. He said that the young child never regained consciousness and died two days after the accident. The magistrate remanded Barker and ordered him to return to court on June 10.
According to the child’s relatives, Anuradha was sent by her mother shortly after 4.30 pm on Friday to purchase a bottle of water. When she did not return after a relatively lengthy period, her father was asked to go and check on her, but before he left the yard, a message came that the child had been in an accident.
She suffered pulmonary injuries with a lung contusion and bleeding in the brain. Anuradha is to be cremated today.
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