Senior Magistrate Hajah Ervy Sufitriana binti Haji Abdul Rahman yesterday sentenced a Filipino to three months’ and two weeks’ jail for dangerous driving causing death.
Elmer Endaya Passion, 47, hired lawyer Ahmad Basuni Abbas before pleading guilty to the charge. Prosecutor Ahmad Firdaus bin Mohammad revealed in court that the defendant was driving from Pekan Tutong towards Kampong Tanjong Maya on April 24, 2019 afternoon.
He was looking for the address of a car sports rims seller. Along the way, he stopped at a convenience shop to answer his employer’s phone call. He was told to pick up his boss’ children from school.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin