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2017
Name Breach Decision
R v. Gobind Purshotamdas Mahtani

The Defendant is charged with breaches of the Beach Control Act. More specifically:

i. Encroachment of 10 sand bags;

ii. Encroachment of 8 pylons.

Decisions/Orders granted:

September 13, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $150,000.00 for each offence

R v. Orville Webb

The Defendant was charged with breaches of the Beach Control Act. More specifically:

  1. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the sea and floor of the sea by dredging without a Beach Licence
  2. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the sea by dredging without a Beach Licence.
  3. Encroaching on the foreshore and floor of the Sea by reclamation, through Dumping of boulders on the Foreshore and Floor of the Sea without a Licence

Decisions/Orders granted:

September 6, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $150,000.00.

Following pleas in mitigation the charge was withdrawn.

R v. Pan Caribbean Sugar Company Limited

The Defendant was charged under:

1) The Waste Water Sludge Regulations, Reg. 6(1) for discharge of trade effluent into the environment without a licence;

2) The Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act s. 12(1)(a) for discharge of trade effluent into the environment without a licence; and

3) The Wild Life Protection Act s. 11 for discharge of trade effluent into a river containing fish.

Decision(s)/Order(s): December 11, 2017 Matter adjourned sine die

R v. Nathan DeLisser

Breach of the s. 3(1) of the Wild Life Protection (Hunters Licences) Regulations

Decisions/Orders granted:

September 28, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $40,000.00 or two months imprisonment at hard labour

R v. Horace Mair

The Defendant is charged with shooting twenty-three (23) Bald-pate Doves at Dovecot Memorial Park, Kirkpatrick, Orange, St. James contrary to The Wild Life Protection (Game Bird Hunting Limit) Regulations, 2004, Reg. 2

Decisions/Order(s)

July 20, 2017

Verdict: Guilty Sentence: $30,000.00

R v. Dancorp Limited, Dansinghani Bindu and Dansinghani Gabind. Information No. 2992/ 2015

The Defendant/Company is charged under Section 9(2) of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act for operating a nature based tourism attraction without a permit.

Decisions/Orders granted:

August 10, 2017

Plea: Guilty.

Sentence: $20,000.00

R v. Ronnie Elmhirst

Breach of the s. 9(1) of the Beach Control Act

Decisions/Orders granted:

August 22, 2017

Order: Ms. Elmhirst ordered to collect and pay for her Beach Licence.

[Ms. Elmhirst complied on September 5, 2017]

R v. Proprietors Strata Plan No. 561 (Gardens of Arcadia)

The Defendant was charged with operating a sewage treatment facility contrary to section 9 (2) of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act without the requisite licence.

Decisions/Orders granted:

October 30, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $20,000.00

R v. Richard Wates

Breach of the s. ii of the Wild Life Protection Act

Decisions/Orders granted:

August 09, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $70,000.00 or thirty days in prison.

R v. Nohaud Azan

The Defendant is charged with a breach of the Beach Control Act. More specifically:

Encroachment of a groyne.

Decisions/Orders granted:

September 13, 2017

Plea: Guilty

Sentence: $150,000.00