Twenty-two-year-old Marcus McKenzie of Second Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) was on Monday slapped with a $250,000 fine or an alternative of six months’ imprisonment after he was charged with two traffic-related offences. McKenzie appeared before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court to answer the charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and dangerous driving.
He pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined $200,000 or an alternative of three months’ imprisonment for driving under the influence, and $50,000 for driving dangerously, with an alternative of three months’ jail.
As such, McKenzie was fined $250,000 or six months’ imprisonment.
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