A CHINESE national was on Thursday fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to the charge of illegally entering the country.Haibang Zhou, 36,who resides in Suriname, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry
The charge read that on December 10, 2014 at Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice, he entered Guyana by sea and disembarked without presenting himself to an immigration officer.
Zhou is expected to pay a fine of $30,000 and a default on payment would result in his imprisonment for one month.

Young labourer gets five years for robbery under arms
A TWENTY-two-year old labourer was yesterday sentenced to five years imprisonment by Magistrate Judy Latchman on a robbery- under- arms charge
Rafeal Hiuntenzen of East La penitence, Georgetown, was found guilty as charged for the offence after a trial was conducted By city Magistrate Judy Latchman.
The charge said that on Wednesday, December 25 at Georgetown, being armed with a gun, he robbed Anaira Jones Sealey of one Blackberry torch cellular phone valued $95,000 and $800,000 in cash, together valued $895,000.
The facts stated that on the day in question around 03:00 hrs, Sealey and her fiancé Bacchus were in their bed, when two men entered her bedroom and robbed them of the articles mentioned in the charge. During the robbery, one of the men who was armed with a chopper, chopped Bacchus to his arm.
In his defence, Hiuntenzen elected to give an unsworn statement and refused to call any witness on his behalf.
However, Police Prosecutor Shellon Daniels noted that the defendant has a pending matter of similar nature before another court.
Magistrate Latchman considered all the mitigating factors before handing down the sentence, which include the fact that a gun was used to commit the offence and that someone was hurt during the robbery. Also considered was the need to deter others from contemplating or committing similar crimes.

Bus conductor jailed for unlawful,malicious wounding
A TWENTY-four-year old bus conductor was on Thursday sentenced to four months imprisonment by city Magistrate Annette Singh for stabbing a man with a pair of scissors.
Oliver Burnijan of Lot 91 Atlantic Ville, East Coast Demerara, pleaded guilty to the charge that said on February 5 at Croal Street, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously wounded Quacy Sealey.
The prosecutor’s facts stated that on the day in question about 23:15hrs, Burnijan and another person had an argument when Sealey intervened. The two parties had an altercation which quickly escalated into a scuffle. Subsequently, Burnijan pulled out a pair of scissors and dealt Sealey several stabs . The injured man was taken to the Woodlands Hospital where his wounds were treated and a report was subsequently made to the Brickdam Police Station,resulting in Burnijan being arrested and charged.
The unrepresented man told the court that Sealey had instigated the argument between him and the other man. He said “he give da man a Guinness bottle and tell he lash it or pore it on me”.
The man related that when the other man refused to take the bottle, Sealey himself took the bottle and chucked him. He received injuries to his mouth and “I left and came back but he was still acting out and when he reached for the bottle, “ I pulled out my scissors and jook him before he could knock me.”
The magistrate bonded both parties to keep the peace for one year after sentencing Burnijan.