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PM’s former assistant gets jail sentence
Abel Seetaram, a former special assistant to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, was involved in a
Abel Seetaram
vehicular accident on May 8, last. Yesterday, he was found guilty of three charges in relation to the accident.
Seetaram, of Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice, was on trial before Magistrate Rhondell Weever at the Blairmont Magistrate’s court. He was charged with driving in a dangerous manner. He was also charged with being an unlicensed driver and with breach of insurance.
Seetaram failed to appear in court and was sentenced in his absence.
On the dangerous driving charge he was fined $30,000 with an alternative of 32 days in jail. On the unlicenced driver charge he was fined $25,000 or 21 days in jail; and on the charge of breach of insurance he was fined $15,000 or 21 days in jail.
A committal order was issued for his arrest.
The prosecution’s case is that on the day in question, Seetaram was driving a government SUV on the Bath Public Road at a fast rate of speed when he lost control and crashed into a fence, knocking out some of the uprights and damaging several structures at the Bath Market. He subsequently crashed into a fence. The impact caused considerable damage.
Seetaram was taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital and subsequently the New Amsterdam Hospital.
He was also absent when the case was first called and the Magistrate ordered that a summons be served on him
Seetaram was subsequently dismissed from the Office of The Prime Minister.
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