Grove man charged with causing wife’s death after East Bank accident

Laurent McGarrell and Gaitri Sahadeo

A Golden Grove man was on Wednesday released on $100,000 bail after he denied causing the death of his common-law wife, who died after they fell from a motorbike along the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) public road.

Forklift operator Laurent McGarrell, 24, of Golden Grove, EBD, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown and pleaded not guilty to the charge that on July 23, 2017, at Providence, he drove motorcycle CJ 1957 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Gaitri Sahadeo.