An 18-year-old youngster exited the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts a free man on Friday, after Magistrate Fabayo Azore was compelled to dismiss the case against him; a charge of death by dangerous driving after relatives of the deceased agreed to bury the hatchet at the cost of $3 million offered in
Dwayne Griffith
compensation.
Dwayne Griffith was in May last charged for causing the death of Nerisa Spenser on Lamaha Street, Georgetown, when he drove a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public.
The 41-year-old woman was reportedly walking along Lamaha Street on the day of the incident, when she was struck by a speeding car. The vehicle also collided with two other cars before coming to a halt some distance away. Griffith was pulled from the wreckage in an unconscious state and taken to the hospital along with Spenser who was pronounced dead on arrival.
Griffith, who was an unlicensed driver at the time of the accident, had reportedly driven the car without permission of the owner, who happened to be a family member.
Relatives of the deceased on Friday disclosed to the court that they would no longer be pursuing the matter as they had made a pact to accept financial compensation after which the matter was dismissed by the presiding Magistrate.
