Police Constable Ryan Persaud, implicated in the fatal accident of Akemo Anthony Bristol which occurred on September 1 at Mandela Avenue in Georgetown, appeared on Thursday before Georgetown Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, and was placed on $25,000 bail.
Represented by Attorney-at-Law Eusi Anderson, the 23-year-old Police rank denied the charge, which alleges that on the day in question, he drove Guyana Police Force minibus PVV 4652 while his blood alcohol level was over the legally allowed limit.
Persaud’s defence attorney made application for bail to be granted in a reasonable
Dead: Akemo Bristol
amount, and Magistrate Mittelholzer, in placing Persaud on $25,000 bail, ordered that he lodge all his travel documents with the court, and return for trial on October 11, 2018.
Even though Persaud is not yet facing a causing death charge, he is likely, in the coming days, to be arraigned in court in this regard, since the matter is still being investigated.
Recap
On Saturday, September 1st, at about 23:40h, twenty-three-year-old Akemo Anthony Bristol of Lot 338 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was allegedly struck down and killed by Police minibus PVV 4652, being driven at the time by Police Constable Ryan Persaud.
Persaud has been accused of speeding, and more so, of being under the influence of alcohol at time of the accident.
He reportedly attempted to escape the scene following the incident.
This publication previously reported that the Police Constable and Bristol were both travelling along Mandela Avenue when the collision occurred.
The impact reportedly flung Bristol into a nearby gutter while his mangled motorcycle ended up under the minibus.
Extracted from the gutter with visible injuries about his body, Bristol was rushed to the GPHC, where he subsequently died while receiving medical attention.
He leaves to mourn his four-year-old son, parents and siblings.
