Unlicensed teenage driver slapped with 4 charges

An 18-year-old Georgetown man was on Wednesday granted his pre-trial liberty for causing the death of 40-year-old Narissa Spencer, who he struck down along Lamaha Street, Georgetown almost two weeks ago.
Dwayne Griffith made his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and was not required to plead to the charge which stated that on April 28, at Lamaha Street, he drove motor vehicle PTT 9623 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Spencer.
Griffith was also charged with driving motor vehicle PTT 9623 without being the holder of a driver’s licence, driving an uninsured vehicle and failure to gain consent from lawful authority to drive the said vehicle – all of which he denied.
The young man, who was also injured in the accident, was assisted into the courtroom by his father.
He was represented by Attorney-at-Law Ronald Burch-Smith.
Burch-Smith told the Court that on the day in question, his client was not the driver of the car, alleging that the vehicle was being driven by someone else.
He claimed that as a result of the accident, his client was knocked unconscious and could only remember waking up in the hospital the following day.
Burch-Smith, in his application for bail, told the Court that his client was advised by his doctor to remain in bed, due to his injuries.
Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones objected to bail on the grounds of the gravity of the charges and their penalties.
He also argued that the defendant was the only person in the car at the time and a life was lost as a result of total recklessness.
Bail was granted in the sum of 0,000.
Griffith will make his next court appearance on June 6, 2016.