Miner charged over unpaid car rental fee

A miner has been charged with incurring a debt of $234,000 through fraud over the rental of a car from a taxi service.

The charge read by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday stated that between July 22 and August 19, at Georgetown, Michael Persaud, of Lot 15 Public Road, Herstelling, East Bank, Demerara, fraudulently incurred the debt when he rented a car  from Candacy Barrow.

Persaud pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Prosecutor Bharat Mangru stated that Barrow, the owner of a taxi service, had rented the car to Persaud,