A DAY after a vehicular accident in the city claimed the lives of five innocent commuters, Magistrate Leslie Sobers, sitting in the Providence Magistrate’s Court, sent a stern  warning to motorists using the East Bank highway who are determined to break the traffic regulations. One woman, Shallanie Deodat, and two men, Sydney Humphrey  and Akasah Baynauth, who appeared before him on Tuesday to answer unrelated charges in relation to traffic offences,  were slapped with fines or the alternative of spending time in jail.
Deodat, a resident of Diamond Village, and the driver of motor vehicle PNN1297, was on July 17 last, at about 23:00hrs, stopped by police who were conducting normal routine checks after the vehicle was observed swerving on the road.
The driver appeared to be under the influence, and the police requested that she submit herself to a breathalyzer test. This revealed a reading way above the stipulated level.
Deodat was arrested and spent the night in police custody at the East La Penitence Police Station.
On Monday, she was charged and appeared before Magistrate Sobers, who remanded her to prison for the night.
In making another appearance in court on Tuesday, Deodat was fined $7, 500 and had her licence endorsed for six months by the Magistrate.
Humphrey, no address given, was charged with crossing the double yellow line and dangerous driving offences  allegedly committed on July 15 last, while driving motor car HB5356.
According to the case particulars, the policeman who instituted the charge against Humphrey was driving along the said East Bank highway about two vehicles away from the defendant when, in the vicinity of Herstelling and Farm Villages, crossed the double yellow line and also overtook about two vehicles.
He was pursued, told of the offence and charged.
Humphrey appeared in court on Tuesday, when he pleaded guilty to crossing the yellow line and was fined $5,000 with an alternative of seven days in prison.
On the charge of dangerous driving, the defendant pleaded not guilty and was placed on $50,000 bail.
He is to return to court on November 21, the date set for the trial to commence.
Meanwhile, Baynauth, of Coverden Public Road, had, on July 11 last, pleaded guilty to a driving under the influence charge, and fined $30,000, with an alternative of two months in prison.
Baynauth, according to the particulars of his case, was around 10:00hrs on July 9, proceeding south along the East Bank highway when a police on duty stopped him for a routine.
On observing an empty Razak liquor bottle lying next to the driver, the policeman asked him
if he had been drinking, and he said no.

Baynauth was nevertheless asked to submit himself to a breathalyzer test which showed a reading of .072 percent alcohol in his system.
He was arrested and charged and made a court appearance two days later.