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Two fined for selling porn DVDs

Apr 12, 2013 News

 

 
Three men appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer to the charge of trading in obscene objects.
Presiding over the matter was Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.
Mahadeo Boodhoo of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, and Obed Batson of Block ‘E’, South Sophia, both pleaded guilty to the offence, with explanation, but just offered an apology to the court for their actions.
Court documents revealed that during a Police campaign which was conducted on April 5 against the selling of the sexually explicit films, in the vicinity of Stabroek Market as well as Waterloo Street. Three men were arrested in this regard. They were later charged with the said offence.
The two were consequently fined $25,000 or an alternative of 6 months imprisonment.
The third defendant, Dwayne Smith, 32, of Diamond, pleaded not guilty to the said charge and explained to the court that he was simply keeping watch for a friend whilst he returned a defective DVD player to a Chinese store and was subsequently arrested during the raid when ranking officers discovered that his friend’s stall contained pornographic video. He added that this was also explained to the police but they paid no attention to his appeal.
Smith was granted bail in the sum of $20,000 and is due to return to court on May 27.

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