Taxi dri­ver David Wilkin­son will have to wait an­oth­er three years be­fore he can earn an in­come ply­ing his car.

The 32-year-old man al­so faced a $6,000 fine by Mag­is­trate Armi­na Mo­hammed-De­onar­i­nesingh af­ter he plead­ed guilty to dri­ving whilst dis­qual­i­fied and dri­ving with­out a valid cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance.

Wilkin­son was dri­ving along Knox Street in San Fer­nan­do on Tues­day when PC Su­jeect Ram­cha­ran of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Road En­force­ment Task Force stopped him dur­ing a road traf­fic op­er­a­tion.

When the of­fi­cer asked for his dri­ving doc­u­ments, Wil­son pre­sent­ed his taxi badge and a cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance.

Wilkin­son claimed he had for­got­ten his wal­let at home. The of­fi­cer searched the li­cens­ing data­base which showed he was dis­qual­i­fied from dri­ving.

He was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Po­lice Sta­tion where he was charged. 

Mag­is­trate Mo­hammed-De­onar­i­nesingh fined him $1,000 for dri­ving whilst dis­qual­i­fied and $5,000 for dri­ving with­out a valid cer­tifi­cate of in­sur­ance.

He was or­dered to pay $1,000 im­me­di­ate­ly and giv­en 90 days to pay the bal­ance. If he fails to pay the mon­ey, he will serve three months in jail.  -Ot­to Car­ring­ton