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Knocked Down And Killed Child, Pleads To Lesser Charge
posted (November 20, 2019)
He was charged with manslaughter for knocking down and killing an 11 year old girl in 2015, but 58 year old Honduran National Jose Rodriguez pleaded guilty today to the lesser charge.

In October of 2015, Terrezah Thompson was crossing the highway to get to her Mahogany Heights home when she was hit by a GMC truck driven by Jose Rodriguez. Young Terrezah was thrown across the highway by the impact and sustained injuries from which she eventually died.

So the cops charged him with a slew of offenses including, manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, and driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention,

The Crown pursued the manslaughter charge, and when the case came up before Justice Colin Williams today, Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of causing death by careless conduct.

Rodriguez's sentencing has been deferred until November 25th to give his attorney time to prepare a plea for mitigation and the Crown Counsel time to prepare an impact assessment statement.

Rodriguez was represented by Nazira Myles while Crown Counsel Riss Cattouse represented the Crown.

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