Verdict looms for accused...
scene. When the police came, he added, he was asked a few questions and assisted with the relevant answers and was taken sometime after to the Grove Police Station and then to the Diamond Police Station, where he spent 72 hours.
Powers chose not to call any witnesses.
Subsequent to his client’s testimony, attorney Peter Hugh stated that the evidence presented by the state cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Powers drove dangerously. He added that the fact that there was a collision does not mean dangerous driving.
Hugh maintained that it is the responsibility of road users to use the road in a manner that would not endanger themselves or the public. He highlighted that the defendant maintained that Lewis veered into his path and given the short time his client would not have been able to stop in time. As a result, he urged the court to find his client not guilty of the crime.
Police Prosecutor Stephen Telford, however, urged the court to find the defendant guilty as charged. He noted that the prosecution would have proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt, while highlighting the fact that the defendant chose to give unsworn evidence that could not be tested.
Telford urged the court to look at the point of impact, where the defendant hit the deceased and the distance where the deceased ended up after the point of impact.
In looking at these facts the court should find that the driving of the defendant was dangerous and ought to be found guilty, he added.
Magistrate Azore then adjourned the matter to February 27, when a decision is to be made.