Taxi driver jailed for causing death by dangerous driving

A remorseful Charlestown, Georgetown taxi driver will spend the next four years in prison for causing death by dangerous driving after he accepted responsibility for his actions on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was Fazal Mohammed, 53, who on February 19, 2017, at Fort Street, Kingston, Georgetown, allegedly drove a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Gregory Nedd.
The prosecution contended that on February 19, Mohammed, after purchasing food, entered his car, which was parked on the western side of Fort Street, and quickly reversed. In the process, he reportedly struck Nedd, who was at that unfortunate time reclined in a chair at the edge of the road.
An ambulance was summoned by public-spirited citizens, and Nedd was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries almost a month later.
The accused on Monday accepted responsibility for his actions, relating that he had been incarcerated since his arrest on the day of the incident and was unaware of the victim’s demise. He told the court that on Monday morning he was informed of Nedd’s death. Mohammed begged for the leniency of the court, contending that the killing was an accident and not one of premeditation.
The prosecution bashed the defendant for not including in his story, the results of the breathalyser test, which revealed that he was heavily under the influence of alcohol.
Having taken several factors into consideration, including the accused’s guilty plea, the fact that a life was lost and the need to deter future offenders, the Magistrate then dispensed a prison sentence of four years.