Essequibo Coast driver fined, licence suspended for DUI
Marlon Jones, a 46-year-old resident of Lot 2 Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), has been fined and disqualified from driving for a year after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle along the Aberdeen Public Road on the Essequibo Coast on March 26 while his breath exceeded the legal limit of alcohol.
Fined: Marlon Jones
Charged under Section 39(A) (1) of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02, as amended by the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Amendment Act 17/2022, Jones appeared before Suddie Magistrate Tamieka Clarke on Tuesday and pleaded guilty as charged.
He has consequently been fined $200,000, with a default penalty of three months’ imprisonment if the fine is not paid; and he has been disqualified from driving and prohibited from obtaining a driver’s licence for a period of 12 months.
