Guard fined $1M, jailed for two years over false number plate on car

Leroy Holder

A man who removed the original number plate on a vehicle and replaced it with an incorrect one was yesterday fined $1 million and sentenced to two years imprisonment after being found guilty in a city court.

Magistrate Judy Latchman handed down the sentence to 36-year-old security guard Leroy Holder at the end of his trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Magistrate Latchman sternly warned the father of one that number plates can be used by the police as vital clues in solving crime; but stressed that they can only be effective if they are accurate and not an imitation.

Noting that the court would not tolerate dishonesty and the need to send a