Sascha Wil­son

Three cur­few break­ers were yes­ter­day giv­en 28 days to pay $4,500 in fines. The men Carl Paris, Siew­dass Gane­sar and Otis Re­my all plead­ed guilty when they ap­peared be­fore Mag­is­trate Ali­cia Chankar in the San Fer­nan­do First Court. They were each fined $1,500 or three months im­pris­on­ment. Paris was ar­rest­ed around 11.35 pm on Sat­ur­day af­ter a po­lice of­fi­cer saw him stag­ger­ing along Na­pari­ma Ma­yaro Road, Co­coyea.

Pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Gor­don Ma­haraj said Par­ris had a half-full beer bot­tle in his hand. Paris told the mag­is­trate that he had an ar­gu­ment with his wife and he left his house. Gane­sar, a con­trac­tor, was ar­rest­ed around 1.20 am along the San Fer­nan­do By­pass. Sgt Gor­don said the po­lice found Gane­sar be­hind the steer­ing wheel of a parked car in the vicin­i­ty of Scott Street. His lawyer Dex­ter Bai­ley said Gane­sar was trans­port­ing work­ers from Trinidad Ce­ment Lim­it­ed to Pe­nal when he en­coun­tered car prob­lems. Re­my was ar­rest­ed around 11.30 pm on Sun­day at Ruth Av­enue, San Fer­nan­do. He told the mag­is­trate that he was out­side at that hour be­cause he could not get a taxi.