POLICE have charged Ameen Wahab, 29, of Lot 355 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, with causing the January 11 death of George Bacchus, by dangerous driving.

He appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson Wednesday, on the indictable charge and was remanded to prison.

Particulars of the offence said it was committed on Ruimveldt Public Road in Georgetown where the accused drove minibus BLL 9913 in a manner dangerous to the public.

Attorney-at-law Mr. Mark Waldron, for Wahab, said the driver was on the western carriageway, proceeding North, when the victim attempted to cross the road.

The lawyer said Bacchus was being accompanied by his grandson and ventured across from behind a parked truck.

Waldron said Wahab tried, desperately, to avoid the accident but could not.

Defence Counsel maintained there is no evidence that the accused was speeding or driving dangerously but the area where the accident occurred is usually congested.

Waldron argued that it was the negligence of Bacchus that resulted in his demise and passengers in the minibus, of their own free will, gave the Police statements supporting that argument.

However, Police Inspector Stephen Telford, prosecuting, successfully objected to bail, stating that Police at the scene saw the accused speeding towards the changing traffic lights.

The Prosecutor said the accused started to overtake other vehicles before hitting Bacchus, who would have been saved if the driver had exercised caution and care.

Waldron, in response, said the policeman stationed in front of Ruimveldt Police Station could not have seen the traffic lights from such a distance.

Wahab was refused bail and the case was transferred to another Court, for January