Kwakwani residents charged for violating COVID-19 restrictions

Seven Kwakwani residents appeared at the Kwakwani Magistrate’s Court on Friday last where they were charged for breaching the COVID-19 restriction on social activities.
Of the seven who appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune, four were fined $5000 each after pleading guilty to the offence.
The defendants who were charged include Cliff and Sanasha Hyderkan, Yishown Hopkinson, Joshua McIntosh, Edward Downer, Aubrey Gobin and Gregory Henry. Prosecution facts on the case stated that on Saturday, July 4, 2020, Police were on patrol duty at Kwakwani Park, Upper Berbice River, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), when they saw a shop owned by one of the defendants opened at approximately 19:30h.
Ranks then ventured into the shop where they observed one of the defendants selling alcohol, and a number of persons were also imbibing alcohol.
The violators were then told of the offence committed, cautioned, arrested and escorted to the Kwakwani Police Station. They were placed into custody and later charged for the offence.
Sanasha Hyderkan, Hopkinson, McIntosh and Downer were fined $5000 each while Cliff Hyderkan, Gobin and Henry are scheduled to return to court on September 4 for the commencement of their trial.