$330,000 in fines, $310,000 in bail as 5 drivers face traffic charges

Multiple drivers were taken before the Anna Magistrate’s Court in recent days to answer a series of traffic-related charges stemming from incidents across the Essequibo Coast.
On Wednesday, 46-year-old mason Kester Jack of Charity Housing Scheme was charged with dangerous driving committed on taxi driver Javier McDonald. The incident occurred on November 1, 2025, along the Dartmouth Public Road.
The charge, laid under Section 36(1) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02, was read to Jack before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of $100,000. The matter was adjourned to December 16, 2025, for disclosure.
On the same day, 34-year-old taxi driver Javier McDonald of Lot 8 Lima was also charged, this time with careless driving committed on Jack during the same incident.

The charge, laid under Section 37(1) of the Act, was read to McDonald before Magistrate Mohabir. He pleaded not guilty and was granted $50,000 bail. His case was likewise adjourned to December 16, 2025, for disclosure.

Multiple offences
In a separate matter heard on November 12, 23-year-old labourer Lionel Garraway of Charity Extension Scheme appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed charged with several offences, including operating an uninsured motor vehicle on the Danielstown Public Road on October 30, 2025.
Garraway pleaded guilty to all charges. He was fined $25,000 for operating an uninsured motor vehicle (default: two weeks’ imprisonment); $40,000 for being an unlicensed driver (default: two weeks’ imprisonment); $5000 for operating an uncertified motor vehicle (default: two weeks’ imprisonment); $130,000 for failing to have a rear identification mark (default: two months’ imprisonment); and $130,000 for failing to have a front identification mark (default: two months’ imprisonment). His total fines amounted to $330,000.

DUIs
Two drivers were also charged with driving while their breath alcohol level exceeded the legal limit in matters heard on November 12.
Thirty-five-year-old Brian Mohamed of Anna Regina was charged under Section 39(1) of the Act, as amended, for an offence allegedly committed on October 26, on the Aberdeen Public Road. He pleaded not guilty and was granted $80,000 bail. His case was adjourned to December 16, 2025, for disclosure.
In a separate case, 27-year-old lorry driver Punesh Doodnauth of Lot 209 Hampton Court faced the same charge. The offence was reportedly committed on November 5, 2025, along the Windsor Castle Public Road.
Doodnauth pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Mohamed and was granted $80,000 bail.
His matter was adjourned to December 10.