Four drivers recently appeared before the courts this week on various traffic-related charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, dangerous driving, and failing to report an accident.
At the Lethem Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 33-year-old Kathleen Fredricks of Kumu Village, Central Rupununi, appeared before Magistrate Nikkisha Logan.
Fredricks, who was driving motor car #NAQ 6799, pleaded guilty to three offences committed on September 27, 2026, on Barrack Retreat Public Road, Central Rupununi.
She was fined $100,000 for driving a motor vehicle while her breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit, $25,000 for dangerous driving and $30,000 for recovery of damage to property.
Fredricks was ordered to pay a total of $155,000 or two weeks’ imprisonment.
Also on Monday, 23-year-old Sylvan George of Kumu Village, Central Rupununi, appeared before Magistrate Nikkisha Logan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court.
George, the driver of motorcycle #CP 6706, pleaded guilty to four offences committed on September 20, 2026, on the Kumu Public Road.
He was fined $100,000 for driving while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit, $20,000 for driving while unlicensed, $25,000 for breach of insurance and $25,000 for dangerous driving.
The total fines amounted to $170,000 or 16 weeks’ imprisonment in default of payment.
Meanwhile, at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, 46-year-old Keoma Ted Fraser of Three and a Half Miles, Potaro Road, Bartica, appeared before Magistrate Caressa Henry.
Fraser pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed limit. He was fined $200,000 or three months’ imprisonment in default of payment.
In a separate matter, 22-year-old Shaquan Johnson of Cummings Park, Sophia, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs on Monday. He pleaded guilty to careless driving and failure to report an accident.
Johnson was fined $50,000 for careless driving and $30,000 for failing to report an accident, with two weeks’ imprisonment applicable in default of payment for each offence.
He was subsequently sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment.
Source: NEW ROOMS SITE
