Cuban charged for overstaying, fined $30,000

Cuban Elizabeth Rodriguez, 23, was on Friday charged for overstaying her time in Guyana when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before City Magistrate Judy Latchman.
Rodriguez was arraigned on the charge which stated that having been permitted to stay in Guyana from March 22 to April 22, 2016 she failed to comply with the conditions under which her permit had been granted and overstayed the time allotted.
Police Prosecutor Kerry Boswick told the court that the woman is a holder of a Cuban passport and she entered Guyana on March 22, 2016 via the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and was granted a one-month stay.
He told the court that on April 27 at about 20:30h, the national was in a motor vehicle that was stopped at a roadblock at Providence, East Bank Demerara.
After failing to show any form of identification, the woman escorted the traffic ranks to the location of her passport when it was discovered that the date on the stamp was invalid. She was then taken to the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters where a further investigation was carried out.
Rodriguez was later charged for the offence. The woman when asked through an interpreter by Magistrate Latchman if she had anything to say, told the court that the prosecutor’s facts were correct and she did not pay much attention to the date on her passport, which showed that she overstayed in Guyana for five days.
The mother of one also told the court that she came to Guyana alone as a tourist. She was fined ,000 and deported.