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Alexander Street killing…Murder charge for driver who ran over shot businessman
Rawle Vieira, the driver who ran over Mahendra Persaud after the businessman was shot by bandits, is to be
Mahendra Persaud
charged today with murder.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said that the recommendation was made following advice by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Police have said that CCTV footage showed Vieira, driving motor vehicle PVV 3157, trailing Persaud’s truck, shortly before a pillion rider on a CG motorcycle shot the businessman.
Vieira had taken Persaud to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after driving over him.
But he then reportedly instructed a mechanic to remove his licence plates. Police are seeking advice to ascertain whether the mechanic should also be charged.
The pillion rider who shot Persaud is yet to be arrested.
According to reports, Persaud who resided at Lot 22 Good Success, Wakenaam, was shot around 10:45hrs on Tuesday morning by a gunman as he exited his Canter.
A struggle ensued resulting in Persaud receiving a single shot to the neck.
Another businessman, who was nearby, returned fire, but the gunman fled the scene empty-handed with his accomplice on a motorcycle.
Persaud fell and was subsequently run over by the car. It was reported that the driver then put Persaud into the car and proceeded to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver of the car later vanished, leaving the vehicle in the hospital compound.
It was reported that he subsequently sent another man along with a mechanic to change the licence plates on the vehicle. The two men were caught in the act and were arrested.
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