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Driver, conductor on bail for verbally abusing passenger
A route 45 minibus driver and his conductor were on Monday placed on $25,000 each after it was revealed that the two reportedly teamed up to verbally abuse a passenger who objected to the actions of the conductor.
The conductor was also charged with assaulting the said woman.
The driver, Sherwin Lewis, of West Ruimveldt, pleaded not guilty to one charge of abusive language while his conductor, Darwin Mc Calmont of Sophia Squatting Area pleaded similarly to two charges; assault and abusive language.
The police claimed that on April 18, the victim Andrea Cort, was a passenger on the minibus which traversed the route to the hospital, and while at Avenue of The Republic Georgetown, the conductor was about to hit another passenger, but ended up hitting Cort in her stomach.
The woman reportedly spoke to the conductor about his attitude, and instead of apologizing to the woman, the conductor began to abuse the woman. After a while, the driver reportedly joined in the exchange. Together, he and his conductor reportedly gave the woman a fine “buse-ing.”
The prosecutor did not object to bail so the court gave the conductor and his driver $25,000 for the abusive language. The conductor was also given another bail sum for the assault charge.
The men will return to court on May 2.
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