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.
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\nThe jitney bus driver was appeared in court charged with several offences relating to the same incident.
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\nWard 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.
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\nThe 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.
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\nAmong 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.
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