Labourer fined $195,000 after admitting traffic offences

A 24-year-old labourer of Charity Extension Scheme, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was fined a total of $195,000 after pleading guilty to several traffic offences at the Charity Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

Shimron Caser appeared before Magistrate Tariq Mohamed charged with failing to have an identification mark at the rear of a vehicle, breach of insurance and driving without a licence. The offences were committed on April 11 at Charity Public Road, Essequibo Coast. Caser pleaded guilty to all three charges and was fined $130,000 for failing to have an identification mark at the rear, with three months’ imprisonment in default of payment. For breach of insurance, he was fined $25,000, with two weeks imprisonment in default. He was also fined $40,000 for driving without a licence, with three months’ imprisonment in default. The total fines amounted to $195,000.