Fifty-seven-year-old Gordon Vantull, a taxi driver of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was on Monday granted bail in the sum of 450,000 for causing the death of Denese Elizabeth Joicline Paul following an accident along the Beterverwagting Public Road, ECD on Sunday.
Vantull appeared before Magistrate Ruschell Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to the Causing Death charge when it was read to him. As such, he was granted bail, and the matter has been adjourned to March 5, 2024.
It was reported that Paul, a mother of five and resident of Lot 1139 Bareroot, Bachelors Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD), had left home on Saturday evening to spend time with friends.
Charged: Gordon Vantull
However, at about 02:00h on Sunday, the family received a call from the Beterverwagting Police Station notifying them of the accident. Upon rushing to the scene, the woman’s lifeless body was seen on the road.
The woman’s son, Reon Anderson, claimed that Police had confirmed that the driver responsible for his mother’s death was under the influence of alcohol (DUI), and had reportedly fallen asleep behind the wheel, thus resulting in the vehicle colliding with a utility pole and flipping multiple times.
Paul was in the front passenger seat, and she was not wearing a seat belt, thus she had been fatally injured.
Paul, known for her past venture – a cook shop – had been ‘a free spirit’ and had been well known in her community.
