Attorney-at-Law James Bond, the proprietor of Cigars and Cognac, a bar and lounge located at Melanie, East Coast Demerara (ECD) has been charged with breaching the nationwide Covid-19 curfew.
It is alleged that Bond and Krishnan Ross operated the bar in breach of the restrictions on social activities on four occasions. On Thursday, they were brought before Magistrate Marissa Mittlehozer at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Courts where they pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The defendants were released on self bail. Their trial will commence on December 17. In March of this year, ranks of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), visited the Cigars and Cognac bar where they arrested several party-goers for being in breach of the curfew.
Bond is not the first bar owner found to allegedly be in breach of the curfew.
In fact, Meer Rahaman the proprietor of Club Altitude at Sandy Babb Street, Kitty Georgetown; Mark Alleyen, Manager of Kairos Bar at Charlotte Street, Bourda, Georgetown; and Clifton Bacchus, the owner of Sleepin Hotel and Casino were also arrested for breaching the curfew.
