Senior Magistrate Azrimah binti Abdul Rahman set January and February 2025 for trial to run in a case involving a local man who had denied a charge of causing the death of an elderly man by dangerous driving.
The incident allegedly occurred on April 26, 2021, at 2pm in front of a house in Kampong Tanah Jambu.
According to the charge, Asmawee bin Alamshah, 23, drove his vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public. The charge levelled by Prosecutor Ahmad Firdaus bin Mohammad further alleges that the defendant encroached into the opposite lane, resulting in a collision that led to the death of an 82-year-old man.
The charge framed under Section 27(1) of the Road Traffic Act, Chapter 68, carries a penalty of a BND20,000 fine and up to seven years in prison.
Additionally, under Section 27(3) of the same act, a conviction would result in a lifetime disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence, unless the court decides otherwise for special reasons. – Fadley Faisal
