Two men were fined after appearing before the Charity Magistrate’s Court on Monday for separate traffic-related alcohol offences committed on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). Solomon Ellis, a 34-year-old farmer of Charity Housing Scheme, was charged with refusing to provide a breath specimen for a breath alcohol test. The offence occurred on October 25, 2025, at Charity Public Road. The charge was instituted under Section 39B (5) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02. Ellis initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty when the matter was heard before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir. He was fined $30,000, with a default sentence of three months’ imprisonment. 
In a separate matter, Linden Pitt, a 56-year-old mason of Coffee Grove, Lima, was charged with driving while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit. The offence occurred on March 9 also at Charity Public Road.
The charge was brought under Section 39A (1) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02, as amended by Act 17 of 2022. Pitt pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him. He was fined $200,000, with a default sentence of six months’ imprisonment.
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