THE Guyana Chronicle would like to sincerely apologise to Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for misrepresenting her in the November 11 report headlined: ‘Mini-bus driver jailed for 18 months for causing death of 70-year-old pedestrian – driver’s license also revoked for four years’.We had reported that the convict had his licence revoked when; in fact the Chief Magistrate disqualified the driver from driving for four years.
The report also said that “Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry found Da Silva guilty of the offence and stated that he “failed to be a competent driver” since he was not under the influence of alcohol and that he was not using cell phone nor was he speeding in a prolonged persistent course to cause him to meet the point of impact of the cyclist.”
However, this newspaper acknowledges that, in fact, the magistrate was making reference to the mitigating factors presented by the defence counsel which she was taking into consideration.