Cop charged with DUI over Tuschen road fatality

The policeman fingered an accident on Sunday which claimed the life of a child yesterday denied that he was driving under the influence at the time.

Police said in a press release that Sergeant Shivram Murugayya was charged with driving under the influence and driving an unlicensed motor vehicle.

He appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate Court where he pleaded “not guilty” to both charges, and was placed on bail to return to court on January 14, 2014.

The press release did not state the amount of bail