Berbice contractor placed on $1.5m bail over vehicle-ramming death

After bail was refused at the High Court in Ber-bice, contractor, Shazad Sattaur was yesterday placed on $1.5m bail when he made his second appearance at the Reliance Magis-trate’s Court.

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.