Traffic Convictions :Basseterre Magistrate’s Court

At the sittings of the Basseterre Magistrate’s Court on January 23 and 24, 2025, presided over by Magistrates His Honor Mr. Reynold Benjamin and Her Honor Mrs. Sherry-Ann Liburd-Charles, several individuals were convicted of various traffic offenses and fined as detailed below:

**Convictions from January 23, 2025:**

1. **Adeejuah Jones** of Prospect, Nevis
– Convicted and fined $1,000, with an option of one month or 30 days imprisonment for driving without a valid and unexpired license (offense committed on September 3, 2024).

2. **Astan Richards** of Cayon
– Convicted and fined $1,500, with an option of one month or 30 days imprisonment for driving without due care and attention.
– Convicted and fined $1,000, with an option of one month or 14 days imprisonment for driving without insurance (offense committed on May 10, 2024).
– Disqualified from holding a driver’s license for six months (January 23, 2025 – July 22, 2025) due to a third conviction for careless driving.

3. **Seamus O’Flaherty** of Nevis
– Fined $1,500, with an option of two months or 30 days imprisonment for driving without due care and attention.
– Fined $1,500, with an option of one month or 30 days imprisonment for speeding (offense committed on July 16, 2024).

4. **Steadroy Morton** of West Farm
– Convicted and fined $1,000, with an option of one month or 14 days imprisonment for driving without due care and attention (offense committed on May 6, 2024).

5. **Devon Percival** of Cayon
– Convicted and fined $1,500, with an option of two months or 30 days imprisonment for driving without reasonable consideration for other road users (offense committed on November 11, 2022).

6. **James Walwyn** of Cayon
– Convicted and fined $2,000, with an option of one month or 30 days imprisonment for driving without due care and attention (offense committed on April 26, 2024).

7. **Reginald Flemming** of Bird Rock
– Convicted and fined $1,000, with an option of two months or one month imprisonment for driving without insurance (offense committed on March 8, 2024).

8. **Kareem Jeffers** of Ponds Pasture
– Convicted and fined $1,000, with an option of six months or 30 days imprisonment for driving without due care and attention.
– Convicted and fined $1,000, with an option of three months or 30 days imprisonment for driving without insurance.
– Convicted and fined $400, with an option of one month or seven days imprisonment for driving an unlicensed vehicle.
– Convicted and fined $500, with an option of four months or seven days imprisonment for driving without a valid and unexpired license.
– Convicted and cautioned for driving an unregistered vehicle (offenses committed on June 7, 2024).

9. **Antonell Charles** of St. Paul’s
– Convicted and cautioned for driving without due care and attention (offense committed on January 17, 2024).

10. **Akeem George** of Douglas Estate
– Convicted and cautioned for driving without due care and attention (offense committed on May 10, 2024).

**Convictions from January 24, 2025:**

1. **Francis Babalola** of Cayon
– Convicted and fined $1,000, to be paid forthwith or face two months imprisonment for driving without insurance.
– Convicted and fined $500, to be paid forthwith or face one month imprisonment for driving without a valid and unexpired license (offense committed on October 4, 2024).

2. **Joseph Nicholas Smith** of Old Road
– Convicted and fined $350, to be paid forthwith or face 14 days imprisonment for driving without a valid and unexpired license.
– Convicted and fined $1,000, to be paid forthwith or face two months imprisonment for driving without insurance.
– Convicted and cautioned for driving without a seatbelt (offense committed on January 20, 2025).

3. **Vaughn Osborne** of Conaree
– Convicted and cautioned for driving without due care and attention (offense committed on March 20, 2023).

Additionally, 13 cases were withdrawn following payment of tickets, while 29 cases were adjourned to later dates.

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