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Riyad Ahmad on $40k bail for dangerous driving
(Kaieteur News) – Twenty-three-year-old businessman Riyad Ahmad, brother of Ameir Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sheriff Security, was granted $40,000 bail on Wednesday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to a dangerous driving charge.
Ahmad, of Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was also charged with operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
A screengrab of Riyad Ahmad shortly after the accident occurred.
The charges stem from a February 11, 2026 accident at the intersection of David and Alexander Streets in Kitty, Georgetown.
According to reports, 63-year-old Waveney Fernandes was walking home from work when a vehicle allegedly driven by Ahmad reportedly jumped a stop sign. The vehicle first collided with another car before striking Fernandes, leaving her seriously injured.
Injured: Waveney Fernandes
Ahmad was charged under Section 36(1) of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02, for dangerous driving, and under Section 3(1) of the Motor Vehicle Third Party Risk Act, Chapter 51:02, for operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force, the businessman appeared before Magistrate Shivani Lalaram, who read the charges to him. “He pleaded not guilty to Dangerous Driving and guilty to Uninsured Motor Vehicle,” police said.
In addition to being granted bail, Ahmad was fined $35,000 for operating an uninsured motor vehicle, with an alternative sentence of three weeks’ imprisonment if the fine is not paid.
The dangerous driving matter has been adjourned to April 8, 2026.
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