Bus driver guilty of threatening language

– fined, placed on bond to keep the peace

A bus driver and a passenger from the Essequibo Coast landed themselves Wednesday at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court due to overloading. The driver was charged and found guilty of threatening language.
It is alleged that on September, 15, bus driver Fazio Rahim of Dunkel Village used threatening language on Deon Cummings from Henrietta.
The police alleged that the driver threatened to hit the virtual complainant with a lug spanner and ‘bruk him up’. An argument erupted when Cummings reported to him that the bus was overloaded and in the seat he was sitting he was not comfortable.
A trial was conducted into the matter on November 2 and Rahim was found guilty of the offence. He was asked by the magistrate if he had anything to say and replied that he wished to give an unsworn statement of what happened.
At the end his statement the magistrate found him deceitful and disregarded what he said. However, before sentencing, he apologised to Cummings in court for what he did and promised it would to happen again.
He was fined $15,000 and bonded to keep the peace.
He has had previous matters in court.