2 fined for multiple traffic offences on Essequibo Coast

Two men were fined after pleading guilty to several traffic-related offences when they appeared before the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court last Friday. Jason Conway, a 20-year-old labourer of Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was charged with failing to have an identification mark (rear), contrary to Section 13 of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02, and breach of the conditions of a General Dealers Permit, contrary to Section 19(e)(ii) of the same Act. The offences were committed on Sunday, January 18, along the Riverstown Public Road, Essequibo Coast. Conway appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed on Friday, January 23, where the charges were read to him and he pleaded guilty to both. He was fined $130,000 for failing to have an identification mark, in default of three months’ imprisonment and $15,000 for breaching the conditions of his General Dealers Permit, in default of one week’s imprisonment.
In a separate matter, Devon France, a 26-year-old labourer of Lot 257 Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, was charged with driving without a licence, operating an uncertified motor vehicle and driving an uninsured motor vehicle, all contrary to the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02. The offences occurred on Friday, January 16, along the Onderneeming Sand Pit Access Road, Essequibo Coast. France also appeared before Magistrate Mohamed on Friday, where he pleaded guilty to all charges. He was fined $40,000 for driving without a licence, in default of three weeks’ imprisonment; $5,000 for operating an uncertified vehicle, in default of one week’s imprisonment; and $25,000 for driving an uninsured motor vehicle, in default of two weeks’ imprisonment.
Both matters have since been concluded.