Four plead guilty to traffic offences at Rosetown court session

EAGLE STAFF

Four people pleaded guilty to traffic offences during the provincial court session at the Elks Hall in Rosetown on Jan. 22. Most court officials stayed in Saskatoon due to the cold weather that day.

• Judge Brad Mitchell, participating by telephone, fined Fiayaz Momen of Calgary $500, accepting a prosecutor’s suggestion to reduce the amount.
  Police charged Momen with going 150 km/h on Highway 7 after the accused vehicle passed the officer, a prosecutor said.

• Ifeanyi Ngwoke of Saskatoon was fined $500 after he pleaded guilty to going at least 50 km/h over the limit. He had made a deal with the prosecutor in a case that had been set for trial that day.

• Robert Wilkins of Calgary must pay a fine of $300 after negotiating with the prosecutor for a lower official speed of 135 km/h and a lesser charge of speeding. Police had charged Wilkins with going at least 50 km/h over the limit.

• Leroy McKinnon of Calgary was fined $168 after he reached a resolution for an official speed of 109 km/h instead of 120 km/h.

• Judge Mitchell also denied a request from Baljinder Singh to reschedule his traffic trial, set for that day, and fined him his voluntary ticket amount.
  Singh’s emailed request had apparently reached the court clerk’s office at 11 p.m. the night before, said the prosecutor, who said he had contacted the police witness that morning in time to have him return to Saskatoon.