15 charged over blocking of Ituni road

A man was fined and 14 others were released on bail after they were charged yesterday with the willful obstruction of the sole roadway stretching 36 miles between Linden and Ituni.

The charges stemmed from arrests made by police early Tuesday morning at a road block erected at Ituni in protest by residents and bus drivers who ply the Kwakwani/Linden route over the unsatisfactory state of the road. The names of the 15 charged were not readily available.

The accused, who included a 14-year-old boy, were arraigned at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court, where one man pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $10,000 by Magistrate Clive Nurse. The others, who were represented by attorneys Basil Williams, Khemraj Ramjattan and James Bond, were released on $5,000 bail each and were given October 2 as their return court date.
Saying they were fed up that no action has been taken by the government to fix the road for almost a