Truck driver cleared in traffic cop’s death

David Persaud, the truck driver accused of causing the death of Police Constable Edson Williams by dangerous driving, was yesterday found not guilty.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan handed down the verdict at the conclusion of Persaud’s trial in a Georgetown court.

Persaud, of Lots 94-97 First Hill, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, had pleaded not guilty to the charge that on July 6, at Providence Plantation Road, East Bank Demerara, he drove motor lorry GLL 8197 in a