Man shot taxi driver in buttocks – court hears

Paul Rose

Paul Rose, accused of shooting a taxi driver in his buttocks, was yesterday remanded to prison after a court heard that he had climbed onto his roof to evade lawmen when they tried to arrest him.

Prosecutor Bharat Mangru argued that Rose, 22, who was charged with discharging a loaded firearm at Rawle Braithwaite with intent to maim, disfigure or cause him actual bodily harm, was a flight risk.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, who presided over Rose’s arraignment at the