Inquest slated for 2013 hit-and-run death

Ian Chaves

A Coroner’s Inquest is scheduled to begin this week to determine if anyone is responsible for the death of Ian Chaves, the 43-year-old Industry resident whose lifeless body was discovered on the Turkeyen Public Road six years ago after a suspected hit-and-run accident.

In a notice issued in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, the Registrar of the Supreme Court Sueanna Lovell advised that six persons, including three police officers, are expected to testify at the inquest.

The inquest, according to the notice, will be conducted on Thursday, June 20th, at 9 am, by Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts.

Chaves, a former employee of Hand-in-Hand Mutual and of Lot 9 Crown Dam, Industry, was found lying on the Turkeyen Public Road, near to the Liliendaal pump station on March 27th, 2013 following an accident.