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A 42-year-old minibus driver of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment when he made his final appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.Magistrate Judy Latchman, who presided over the matter, before delivering her decision, affirmed that in light of the alarming number of road fatalities in the year 2013 there is a dire need for the preservation of human resources.Paran Persaud first appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty, who sits at the said court, facing a charge of causing death by dangerous driving, whereby the Prosecution had claimed that on May 24, 2013,Cheap Jerseys, he drove in a manner dangerous to the public on Houston Public Road, while piloting minibus BKK1948, thereby causing the death of Ellen Margaret Jones.He was at that hearing not allowed to plead to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of $200,000. However,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, he later pleaded not guilty before the Chief Magistrate,China Jerseys Wholesale, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry when she read the charge to him on September 5,NFL Jerseys China, 2013.The matter was later transferred to Magistrate Latchman before whom the trial was conducted. During the said trial, the court ruled that it was not satisfied that the woman who was hit and placed in the bus was indeed the person for whom the Post Mortem (PM) was issued.The charge instituted against Paran Persaud was then one of Dangerous Driving. It is the said indictment to which Magistrate Latchman found him guilty and sentenced him to prison.In dishing out his sentence, the Magistrate proclaimed that “over 130 persons died in road fatalities last year and there is a dire need to preserve our precious human resources. You are hereby sentenced to twelve months imprisonment”.She continued in a stern tone of voice stating that she, as a result,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, will also be endorsing his driver’s licence for dangerous driving.Paran was represented by Attorney at Law George Thomas who, after hearing of his client’s conviction,Cheap NFL Jerseys, gave the court an oral notice of his intent to appeal the sentence. |
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