Bartica gold miner fined $250,000 for multiple traffic offences

A 21-year-old gold miner of Mongrippa Hill, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) was on Monday fined a total of $250,000 with an alternative of 10 weeks’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to multiple traffic offences at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court. Keon Johnson, appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed, where he admitted to charges of dangerous driving, breach of the conditions of a prescribed certificate of fitness and driving a motor vehicle while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit, contrary to the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02. For dangerous driving, Johnson was fined $40,000- or one-month’s imprisonment.

He was also fined $10,000- or two-weeks’ imprisonment for breaching the conditions of the prescribed certificate of fitness. Additionally, he was fined $200,000- or four-weeks’ imprisonment for driving while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit. The offences occurred in Bartica, according to police reports. In total, the fines amounted to $250,000, with an alternative of 10 weeks’ imprisonment.