Attempted murder accused businessman fined $1.2M over illegal fuel

Just days after being committed to stand trial for two counts of attempted murder, businessman Dereck Jaisingh was fined $1.2 million in total after admitting to being in possession of illegal fuel.

Jaisingh pleaded guilty to three charges yesterday at the Providence Magistrate’s Court.

It was alleged that on November 12, 2012, on the East Bank Demerara, he was in possession of