Repeat Bartica drunk driver fined, suspended

Steve King

Steve King, 35, a miner of lot 32 Sixth Avenue, Bartica was on February 24 last arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence (DUI).

He was fined and his driver’s licence endorsed, the police said. On December 23, he was again arrested and charged with DUI. The defendant appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday, pleaded guilty, was fined an additional $7,500 and his licence suspended for twelve months. The offences were committed in Bartica and on both occasions he was driving motorcar PTT 25.