A Surinamese national was on Friday fined $30,000 or the alternative of six months imprisonment after he was charged with entering Guyana illegally.
On January 7, at the Springlands foreshore, Corentyne, Fabian Koosman, 35, entered Guyana by sea and disembarked, without the consent of an immigration officer.
He pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
Police Corporal Denise Booker told the court that Koosman was arrested on March 19. She related that while he was in police custody he indicated that he entered Guyana with a small boat. He further told the officers that he had came to visit his girlfriend.
Koosman’s attorney Paul Fung-a-Fat said that his client is very honest and asked the magistrate not to jail him.
Koosman is currently awaiting deportation.
