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Cattle owner fined $30K for straying cows in EBD housing schemes
Charged: Denesh Rohit
(Kaieteur News) – A 54-year-old cattle owner was on Friday charged and fined for allowing his cows to stray within the Prospect Young Professionals, Herstelling, and Farm Housing Schemes on the East Bank Demerara (EBD).
The accused, Denesh Rohit of Garden of Eden, EBD appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess, where the charges were read to him.
Rohit was charged with three (3) counts of Suffering Animals to Stray (Cows), contrary to Section 28(1)(a) of the Road Act, Chapter 51:01, the police stated.
He pleaded guilty to all three counts and was fined $10,000 on each count, totaling $30,000. According to the police, he was also warned to take appropriate measures to properly secure his animals.
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