Charity, Campbellville men fined for multiple traffic charges

Akeem Williams, a 20-year-old gold miner of Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast; Fernando Johnson, a 20-year-old labourer of Lot 572 Charity Extension Scheme, Essequibo Coast; and 35-year-old Budhu Persaud of Campbellville, Georgetown, were charged and fined separately this week for several separate traffic offences.
Williams was charged and fined after pleading guilty to the offences of being an unlicensed driver, breach of insurance, and obscured ID marks on the front and rear of a motor vehicle.
On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the charges were read to the defendant, where he pleaded guilty and was fined a total of $220,000.
He was fined $75,000 for having an obscured ID mark on a motor vehicle (rear); in default, three months’ imprisonment; and $75,000 for having an obscured ID mark on a motor vehicle (front); in default, three months’ imprisonment.
He was also fined $40,000 for the breach of insurance charge, in default three months imprisonment, and $30,000 for being an unlicensed driver, in default three months imprisonment.

Meanwhile, Johnson was charged with the offence of obscured ID mark on motor vehicle (front) and obscured ID mark on motor vehicle (rear), which occurred Friday, December 5, 2025, at Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast.
On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the case was also heard at Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir, where Johnson pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined $75,000 for each charge; in default, three months’ imprisonment. For a total of $150,000.
Then, on Thursday, December 11, Persaud appeared before Magistrate S Lallaram at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after he was charged for failing to display an identification mark at the front of his vehicle and for operating an uncertified motor vehicle along Sandy Babb Street, Georgetown.
Persaud pleaded guilty to both offences and was fined $150,000 for failing to display an identification mark at the front of his vehicle or face six weeks’ imprisonment and $40,000 for operating an uncertified vehicle or face six weeks’ imprisonment. A total fine of $190,000.