ON Friday, February 28, 2020, 22-year-old, Nailasie Johnson, of Victoria, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with fraudulent imitating of identification mark.
The charge alleged that, on Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Regent Street, Bourda in Georgetown, Johnson imitated identification mark PYY1220 on registered motor vehicle HB928.
Johnson denied the charge.

According to reports, on November 30, 2019, about 08:30hours, the son of the registered owner of the motor vehicle, PYY1220, was driving East along Regent Street, when he saw a dark blue 212 bearing the said number, PYY1220. He then summoned the police who arrested the driver of the said car and took him to Brickdam Police Station. While there, the driver admitted to changing his number plate HB928 to PYY1220 so that he could drive. Further investigations were carried out, which resulted in Johnson being charged.

The prosecutor told the court that the penalty for the offence was $1 M and two years in prison. According to the prosecutor, persons who commit such offence would have the intention to commit a robbery and other unlawful acts. The prosecutor then proceeded to object to bail and requested that Johnson be remanded.

When Johnson was asked by the court to explain himself, he stated that, on the day he bought the vehicle from the dealer, the dealer told him that he would tend to the vehicle’s documents. Johnson also mentioned that the vehicle was already fixed with the plate number PYY1220 and that he had sprayed the car over from yellow to dark blue on the said day.

After hearing the case, Magistrate Leron Daly granted $80,000 bail to Johnson, with the conditions that he reports to the SO (Supervising Officer) at the Alberttown Police Station on Monday, at 09:00 hours and lodges his passport.
The matter was adjourned until Friday, March 27, 2020.