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Former UNC government Minister Carlos John has appeared in court charged with drunk driving.
John pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Magistrate Duane Murray in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
According to the evidence that was read in court after his guilty plea, John was charged after being involved in a car accident on Sunday night.
John was driving his Range Rover SUV along Saddle Road in Maraval when a Nissan Caravan panel van crashed into his vehicle near to Massy Stores.
John drove to the Maraval Police Station to make a report and was asked to undergo a breathalyser test after police officers noticed a strong scent of alcohol on his breath.
John recorded a reading of 79 microgrammes for every 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. He was released on $500 bail at the police station and was ordered to appear in court yesterday morning.
During the hearing, John’s lawyers requested an adjournment to make submissions on the appropriate sentence for their client.
Murray agreed and adjourned the case to September 7.
John entered politics in 1996 and held posts on several State boards including the National Carnival Commission (NCC). He contested several general elections and briefly held the post of Minister of Infrastructure Development and Local Government.