WCD hit and run
The man who allegedly struck and killed Mohammed Ashraff of Lot 155 East Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) was Tuesday granted bail for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Courts.
The accused, Asif Azeez denied the accusations when the three charges were read to him by Magistrate Christel Lambert.
He denied that on September 20 at Meten-Meer-Zorg Public Road, WCD, he drove dangerously thereby causing the death of the 61-year-old man.
He further denied that on the same day at the same location, he failed to render assistance to Ashraff. The third charge stated that the accused failed to stop after the accident.
Magistrate Lambert granted bail in the sum of $300,000 for the causing death charge and placed the defendant on self-bail for the other offences.
He is expected to reappear in court on October 31, 2017.
The body of Ashraff was discovered about 06:30h in a shallow drain with head injuries suspected to be from a vehicular accident.
The 26-year-old Azeez of Seafield, Leonora, WCD, was later arrested after CCTV footage showed him placing the deceased in the shallow drain after hitting him.
He reportedly told investigators that he was proceeding east along the northern carriageway of the Meten-Meer-Zorg Public Road in motor car PMM 321 when the vehicle suddenly veered south and he struck an object but failed to stop.
