Two men were on Monday fined a combined total of over $500,000 when they appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohammed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on multiple traffic-related offences. Thirty-three-year-old Lorenzo Singh of Bartica pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit, contrary to Section 39A (1) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02, as amended by Act 17 of 2022. He was fined $400,000 or, in default, three months’ imprisonment. Singh was also charged with breach of insurance under Section 3(1) of the Motor Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risk) Act, Chapter 51:03, and fined $25,000. In addition, he faced two other charges: having an obscured identification mark on his vehicle, for which he was fined $130,000, and being an unlicensed driver, which carried a $40,000 fine. 
In total, Singh was fined $595,000. Meanwhile, 28-year-old Nasio Forde of Lot 87 Second Street, Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was charged with driving a motor vehicle while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit. He pleaded guilty and was fined $250,000 or, in default, three months’ imprisonment. Forde was also charged with breaching the condition of prescribed fitness and fined $10,000. Both matters were heard before Magistrate Mohammed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court.
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