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Causing death driver faces court …was previously fined for dangerous driving
Jamal John
A minibus driver who was previously charged and fined for dangerous driving after being found guilty of the offence, was yesterday back before a City Magistrate, this time on a causing death by dangerous driving charge. A wanted bulletin had been issued for him.
Jamal John, of 53 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, was late yesterday afternoon escorted to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly.
John denied the charge which alleged that on December 18, last, at Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, he drove minibus, BTT 8476, in a manner dangerous to the public, causing the death of Desmond Grandsoult.
Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh strongly objected to bail being granted to the defendant citing the serious nature of the offence and the penalty the charge attracts.
The prosecutor added that if bail was granted to the defendant he would not return to court for the trial. He cited that on the day when the accident took place, John escaped from the scene which caused the police to issue a bulletin for his arrest.
He added that when arrested on March 26, John give the police a caution statement to which he signed his name.
Facts presented by the prosecutor stated that on the day in question, the 42-year-old pedal cyclist died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) hours after being struck down by a minibus.
It was reported that the minibus was proceeding south along Vlissengen Road at a fast rate while the pedal cyclist (Grandsoult) was proceeding in the same direction, in front of the minibus.
Grandsoult then attempted to cross the road from east to west when the accident occurred.
The police in a statement said that the left front of the minibus collided with the rear of the pedal cycle which resulted in Grandsoult falling on the roadway, causing the minibus to run over his body. The driver then swerved into the trench.
Grandsoult was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to the GPHC where he was admitted to the High Dependency Unit at the hospital where he eventually succumbed to his injuries.
The prosecutor’s objection was upheld by the Magistrate and the defendant was remanded to prison. He was instructed to make his next court appearance on April 5.
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