Walter Denny, who is accused of causing the death of his wife Deborah Denny as a result of dangerous driving, was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $150,000 by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
The allegation against Denny, a 40-year-old miner of 78 Castello Housing Scheme, West La Penitence, is that on January 22, at Lance Gibbs and Oronoque streets, he drove motor vehicle BKK 643 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Deborah Denny.
The heavily-bandaged Denny, who was charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was not required to plead to the indictable charge of causing death by dangerous driving when it was read to him.
In giving the facts of the case, Prosecutor Stephen Telford told the court that on the morning of the incident, Denny was proceeding west along Lance Gibbs Street at a fast rate and failed to stop at the intersection with Oronoque Street. At this point, Telford said, the left rear of the defendant’s minibus collided with motor car HB 8626, which subsequently caused him to lose control of the vehicle. The court heard that the minibus toppled after the collision.
Telford said that both Denny and his wife were removed from the vehicle and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by public-spirited citizens but the woman died while receiving treatment. Denny was later arrested and charged.
In a bail application for Denny, attorney Adrian Thompson asked the court to consider the fact that the accused was also seriously injured in the accident and is undergoing medical treatment although discharged from the hospital. He told the court that Denny, who was bandaged from his head to his abdomen, was suffering from a fractured vertebra and had to be in a neck cast for ten weeks.
While requesting reasonable bail, Thompson said that his client had been sent on his own recognisance by the Alberttown Police Station and had been reporting there whenever required to do so. This, he said, is a clear indication that Denny had no intention to flee the jurisdiction. Thompson said further that Denny had no previous convictions, had a fixed address and had been cooperating with police.
The prosecution had no objection to the bail application and the magistrate granted set bail and transferred the case to Court Ten for February 15, for reports and fixture for trial.
