Truck driver gets two years for school girl’s death

Trishana Debidayal

Truck driver Godfrey Gomes was last Friday sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty of the death of a 13-year-old St Rose’s High School student, who he ran over on a pedestrian crossing in 2005.

Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus handed down the sentence at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court, following the conclusion of Gomes’ trial.

Gomes, who was released on station bail shortly after his first court appearance, was found guilty of driving his vehicle in a dangerous manner at Better Hope