HARNARINE JAGMOHAN was fined $9,000 by the court after a deer was found in pieces in his bag.
Jagmohan, 36, of Barrackpore, faced nine offences of possession of a protected animal when he appeared before Magistrate Halcyon Yorke-Young on Monday.
The Express was told he was charged for each piece of the deer as under the Wildlife Act each piece is considered to be an animal.
It was at 12.20 a.m. on Friday that game warden Steve Seepersad and other officials were on patrol at Saunders Trace, Moruga, when he saw Jagmohan at the side of the road with a knapsack.
Jagmohan's actions aroused suspicion and he was interviewed and searched. The animal was found in pieces in a bag. Jagmohan said a man had given it to him. He was taken to the Moruga police post where Seepersad charged him. The case was prosecuted by Sgt Roger Richardson in the Princes Town Second Magistrates Court.
Yorke-Young fined Jagmohan $1,000 on each of the charges. He was given two months to pay the money or serve three months’ hard labour.
- Published on Aug 11, 2015, 10:17 pm AST, Trinidadexpress.com
- By Nikita Braxton
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