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Errant driver claims police harassment over iguana deal  

Jan 13, 2014 News

 

A hire car driver was on Friday fined $7,000 or an alternative of ten days imprisonment
after he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to confirm to a road sign.
Ron Duff of Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court where he was charged with the offence. On Friday 3rd January, Duff was the driver of motor car HB 9933, when at the junction of Main and New Street he failed to confirm to a road sign marked ‘Stop.’  He was subsequently charged for the misdemeanor.
Duff, while pleading guilty, also told the court that he is being harassed on a regular basis by a policeman over an iguana deal.
Explaining further, he stated, “Your Worship, I use to bring Iguana for Policeman Nagassar, but because I don’t give he anymore he start harassing and threatening me. You see your worship I don’t go in the back dam anymore, because I working hire car now. So I can’t ketch any. So he decided he gon spite me”.
But Police Prosecutor Inspector Grace Bristol, informed the accused that he could make a complaint at the Police Complaints Office in New Amsterdam.

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