Truck driver cleared in road death of boy, 12

Roger Tappin

Roger Tappin, the truck driver on trial for causing the death of a 12-year-old boy by dangerous driving, was yesterday found not guilty.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore, who presided over the trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, informed the court that the prosecution failed in its obligation to discharge its burden of proving that the elements of the offence had been made out.

The charge against Tappin was that he caused Winston ‘Junior’ Cameron’s death by