The man alleged to have robbed and assaulted three jitney passengers by throwing two of them from the moving vehicle was yesterday charged in Magistrate’s Court in connection with a variety of offences related to the incident.
The jitney bus driver was appeared in court charged with several offences relating to the same incident.
Ward Wilson, a 36-year-old resident of Fire Trail Road and 28-year-old Tyronne Scavella of Soldier Road both appeared before Magistrate Maralyn Meers in Court Five Bank Lane.
The three passengers were on a jitney bus travelling to the Pinewood/ Kennedy subdivision after 6:15pm. They were attacked by two men and thrown out of the vehicle while it was moving at a high speed. All three sustained serious injuries.
Among the three alleged victims were 34-year-old British national Stephanie Sturrup, who is married to a Bahamian and has been living in the country for eight years, and Scharad Lightfoot, 25, of Mahogany Street.
Source: Cara Brennen, The Tribune
