For defrauding taxi driver, man jailed for six months

A man was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment after he told a city magistrate to do what she had to because he would be unable to pay off a $30,000 debt he incurred for the services of a taxi driver.

Jageshwar Sewnarine, a Berbician, did not intend to waste the court’s time yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to a charge which alleged that on December 14, 2018, at Middle Street, Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he obtained credit or liability by use of a vehicle for transportation, incurred debt of $30,000 and failed to make the payment to owner of the vehicle, Ryan Pires.