Riding two on a bike, it's virtually a Belizean past time, but the cops seem to be cracking down on it now. Today, 25 year old BDF soldier Kendric Archer appeared in the Magistrate's Court where he pled guilty to a single charge of carrying a person above the age of 10 on a bicycle. That person was Shanna Bennett, age 23, who was charged with the unusual offence of "allowing herself to be carried."
While on the stand, Archer explained the situation, saying that he was on leave from his military duties, and while he was on his way to get some food he met Bennett. She told him that she was being followed by a dread man and feared for her life, so she asked him for a ride to get away from the stalker. Archer agreed and the two took off together. Police stopped them not long after and charged both.
Bennett gave the same story, and after hearing both sides, Magistrate Mendoza dismissed the charges, and cautioned them not to let it happen again.
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