Bus driver jailed for killing remigrant cyclist

Roy Mendonca

Sookraj Permaul, the bus driver who was charged last year August with causing the death of remigrant cyclist Roy Mendonca, was yesterday sentenced to 54 months in prison after he was found guilty of the crime.

Permaul, 30, of Lot 41 Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday read the sentence by Magistrate Fabayo Azore.

On April 2, 2014, at Carifesta Avenue, 67-year-old Mendonca was struck by