Bagotville resident released on $20,000 bail for traffic offences

Eon Norton, a customer sales representative and resident of Bagotville, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was late last week arraigned before Wales Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool on a raft of traffic-related charges, and was released on ,000 bail on two of the matters.
Police allege that on August 31, 2017, the 30-year-old defendant drove motor car PMM 1191 on the La Grange public road, WBD without wearing a seat belt; but Norton pointedly denied being guilty of this offence.
Police also contend that Norton operated the said vehicle for a purpose other than that for which it is licensed; and again Norton pleaded not guilty to the charge.
He, however, accepted the prosecution’s evidence that, on the day in question, he operated motor car PMM 1191with tint being so dark that it obstructed the identities of both the driver and the occupants of the vehicle.
Norton also informed the court that he was previously charged for prohibition of tinted glass. After brief consideration, the magistrate fined him ,500 for the tint offence, and placed him on ,000 bail for the other offences.
Norton’s cases come up on October 12 for report and fixtures.
Over the last several weeks, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has intensified its campaign to rein in drivers of motor vehicles with heavily tinted glass.
Several junior police ranks have also had tint removed from the glass of their motor vehicles. Police Commissioner (ag) David Ramnarine has warned GPF members that unless they were granted a special exemption for tint on their private vehicles, they would equally be subject to what the law stipulates in regard to tint.