Taxi driver charged over death of witness in faeces assault case

Jamar Norville

Jamar Norville, the taxi driver who allegedly hit and killed Osmond Griffith, the main witness in the faeces assault on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon, initially claimed that he was threatened to kill the man but then changed his story, a prosecutor yesterday told a court.

Addressing Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at Norville’s arraignment on charges of causing death and drunk driving, Police Prosecutor David Goodridge, said that due to the nature of the claims both the Traffic Department and the Criminal Investigation Department are