Motorcyclist slapped with 7 charges after accident involving Police Inspector

Twenty-six-year-old Cort Murphy, a motorcyclist from Lot 42 Victoria Village, ECD, was arrested Tuesday and charged Friday, after a “serious accident” on the public road at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara.
According to Police, the accident occurred on Tuesday, August 19, at approximately 08:10h, involving John Walcott, a Police Inspector, and motorcycle #CP 6682 ridden by Murphy.
On Friday, Murphy appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before His Worship Magistrate Sunil Scarce, where seven charges were read to him.
He was charged with failing to stop when required by Police in uniform, riding an uninsured motor vehicle and for failing to stop at the scene of an accident. Murphy pleaded not guilty to the three charges.
However, he pleaded guilty to the other four charges of being an unlicensed driver, and was fined $40,000; riding an uncertified motor vehicle, for which he was fined $25,000; riding an unlicensed motor vehicle, for which he was fined $20,000, and for driving without a safety helmet, which carried a $10,000 fine.
Murphy was placed on $100,000 bail, and the matters were adjourned to September, 24, 2025.