Driver in Cotton Tree fatal accident granted bail

The West Coast Berbice contractor who struck down two school children last month killing one in the process was granted $380,000 bail by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang in the High Court on Tuesday last.

After being remanded to prison when he made his first appearance in the Magistrate’s Court, Mahendra Ramanan applied for bail in the High Court on July 1. According to sources last Tuesday in the absence of any representative of the state it was granted.

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has since recommended further charges to be laid against the accused who allegedly presented a