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Forklift driver gets five years for causing death
A forklift driver was handed a five-year jail term by Magistrate Ann McLennan, after he was found
Dead: Latchman Sukdeo
guilty of causing the death of a senior bookbinder attached to the University of Guyana.
Balgobin Persaud, 69, of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, was convicted for driving a motor forklift in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Latchman Sukdeo, on August 6, last, at Dennis Street, Campbellville.
Several witnesses were called to testify on behalf of the prosecution.
According to reports, Persaud had left an establishment in Campbellville, and when he turned into Dennis Street, two metal spikes from the forklift collided with the motorcycle that Sukdeo was riding.
The injured man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he succumbed while receiving treatment.
Persaud first appeared in court on August 26, last, and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was released on $1M bail after his attorney, Lawrence Hamilton, asked that he be released on reasonable bail. The lawyer had told the Court that his client is married with three children and is not a flight risk.
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