Young Essequibo Coast driver fined $370,000 for traffic offences

A 20-year-old man of the Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Friday fined a total of $370,000 after pleading guilty to multiple traffic-related offences at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court.

Ovid Williams, appeared before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir in connection with offences that occurred on January 21 along Charity Back Street, Essequibo Coast.

Williams was charged with driving without a licence, contrary to Section 23(1) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02; breach of insurance, contrary to Section 3(1) of the Motor Vehicle Insurance (Third Party Risks) Act, Chapter 51:03; and two counts of having obscured identification marks—one for the front and one for the rear, contrary to Section 13 of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02. When the charges were read, Williams pleaded guilty to all four offences. 

For the offence of obscured identification mark (front), he was fined $150,000, with three months’ imprisonment in default. He was also fined $150,000 for the offence of obscured identification mark (rear), with a similar default sentence of three months’ imprisonment.

Additionally, Williams was fined $30,000 for driving without a licence and $40,000 for breach of insurance, each carrying three months’ imprisonment in default of payment. The total fines imposed amounted to $370,000.