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Bartica driver pleads guilty to driving over alcohol limit

By Staff Editor Sun, August 2 2026, 2:01 AM GMT-4

A 44-year-old Bartica man has been fined a total of $210,000 after pleading guilty to driving while over the legal alcohol limit and breaching a condition of prescribed fitness.

Police in a statement yesterday said Clifford Speede of Five Miles Housing Scheme, Bartica, appeared before Magistrate Caressa Henry at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court last Friday, where the two charges were read to him.

Speede admitted that he drove a motor vehicle while his breath alcohol level exceeded the prescribed legal limit and also pleaded guilty to breaching a condition of prescribed fitness.

Following his guilty pleas, Magistrate Henry imposed a fine of $200,000 for the driving under the influence offence and a further $10,000 for breaching the prescribed fitness condition.

If the fines are not paid, Speede will serve three months’ imprisonment in default.

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