Minibus driver gets two years
Jamal Lowe
Jamal Lowe

–for causing death by dangerous driving

AFTER a somewhat lengthy trial, a 33-year-old minibus driver was on Monday found guilty of causing the death of 43-year-old Franklyn Dover and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

The sentence was handed down to Jamal Lowe of Farm, East Bank Demerara (EBD) by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate McLennan, in making her ruling, stated that the prosecution had made its case; that the defendant had failed to drive his minibus with caution and in a proper manner; and that had he been paying attention to the road, he would have seen the deceased trying to cross it ahead of him.

Dover, of First Street, Bartica, was knocked down by Lowe on August 8 this year while attempting to cross the East Bank Public Road at Covent Garden.
Lowe’s lawyer, Clevaun Humphrey asked the magistrate to be lenient when passing sentence since his client is the sole breadwinner for his family and the father of two, and had never before found himself in such a predicament.

He said, too, that rather than run away when the accident occurred, his client had not only taken the victim to the hospital, but also turned himself in to the police and given a statement.
The magistrate duly took into consideration all that Lowe’s attorney said, but she could not overlook the fact that a life was lost, hence the sentence.

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