Berbice contractor, Shazad Sattaur will have to remain on remand until his next court appearance after Justice Navindra Singh refused bail at the High Court in Berbice today.
On February 1st, Sattaur, 36, of Lot 1294 Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh where he was charged with causing the death of Somdatt Indal, also known as “Fats”, 51, of Lot 1178 Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, by dangerously driving motor pick up GZZ 8988 on January 29.
He was not required to enter a plea to that charge, however, he was also charged with failure to report an accident, failure to stop after an accident and failure to render assistance to the injured persons, all of which he pleaded not guilty to.
Bail was denied for those counts and Sattaur was remanded to prison.
Sattaur’s attorney, Mursaline Bacchus last week filed an application at the High Court for bail. At the bail hearing this morning, after listening to Bacchus and State Prosecutor, Nafeeza Baig, Justice Singh denied bail.
As such, Sattaur will remain on remand and return to the Reliance Magistrate’s Court on February 17, for report.
Sattaur is accused of ramming his Tacoma vehicle into a crowd at a wedding house in Canefield, East Canje Berbice around 1 am last month.
Indal died as a result of the incident, while injured were Dion Kistan, 11, a student of the Canje Secondary School and of Lot 23 Goed Bananen Land, East Canje, Berbice; Leon Reis, 26, of Lot 1143 East Canefield, East Canje, Berbice; and Daniel Sackichand, 21, of Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice. Reports say that some of the injured persons were at a wedding in Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice. Stabroek News was told that a young man there became involved in an argument with several others and decided to telephone his cousin, Sattaur who arrived in his Tacoma vehicle.
Eyewitnesses said that the vehicle bore the sign N&S Contracting, which Sattaur owns.
After the driver also reportedly got involved in the argument, some people attempted to block his vehicle; he then allegedly drove into a crowd hitting people who had not been involved in the argument.
This newspaper was told that Indal, who was standing at a distance, was first struck and sustained major injuries to his head.
Kistan, who was visiting Canefield to spend the weekend with his grandmother, was riding through the area with his uncle when they were struck down.
