Taxi driver knocked down women, stabbed them with ice pick

Taxi driver Chris Balkaran was yesterday charged with maliciously wounding two women, who allegedly struck down.

Balkaran was granted bail in the sum of $150,000 by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, after pleading not guilty to charges of driving a vehicle without due care, and maliciously wounding the two women.

Police Corporal Venetta Pindar, who was prosecuting, told the court that on February 23, Kamloutie Charran and Nadira Khan were