Paulette Luke, who snapped photographs of herself and a cousin in a city courtroom where a trial was underway, was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $15,000 or face two weeks in jail.
Magistrate Ann McLennan imposed the fine after Luke, a 38-year-old pastry chef of 240 Twelfth Street, Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, accepted that on August 11, she took photos of herself in a courtroom.
Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield said that Luke was in Georgetown Magistrates’ Court Five, where a trial was in session, when she was observed by Magistrate Fabayo Azore and ranks in the courtroom taking photos with her cellphone. Mansfield said that the woman was subsequently arrested.
An apologetic Luke explained that her cousin had a matter before the magistrate and that her aunt,
