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Taxi debt for “road trip” lands man in court

Sep 08, 2012 News

 

Phillip Mattai, 20, who hired a taxi to transport him during a “sporting spree” landed in front of Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday after he was unable to pay the bill which amounted to over $35,000.  Mattai told the court that he is guilty of the offence.
He was legally represented by Attorney -At –Law, Paul Fung –A-Fat.
The lawyer asked that the court be lenient with his client who is young and was intoxicated at the time of the incident.
Fung A Fat said that Mattai had hired a taxi to take him places he’s never seen before while he splurged his money on his friends, “the trip that caused him to end up at the Lebanon House of Exotic Pleasures,” where he realized that he could not pay for the ride.
The lawyer told the court that the defendant’s brother, who was present in court, will pay the taxi driver the amount owed.
The lawyer then requested that his client be given a minimal fine.
Police information is that on August 29, Mattai obtained credit by fraud in that he utilized the service of Cecil Pollard, a taxi driver to take him to Splashmins Resort on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
The taxi waited while the defendant and friends spent a lengthy time at the Resort. The taxi brought Mattai and his friends back to Georgetown where they made frequent stops at various night spots before making a final drop at the Rocky Hotel in Alberttown.
There the “wasted defendant” who occupied the back seat told the driver that he did not have money to pay.  The complainant then drove his taxi to the nearest police station, where Mattai was taken into custody.
After Mattai’s relative paid the taxi bill in open court, the Magistrate reprimanded and discharged him.

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