A man has been sent to jail for a month and has been disqualified from driving for a year for driving without a license.
The accusation by the Public Ministry, read out by Judge Duarte Tilman, stated that the defendant, known in court as SM, was apprehended in June in Fatuhada by police and was found not to hold a valid license.
SM told the court he was in the process of receiving his license
“The process is taking time; I am still working on it,” he said at the Dili District Court (TDD).
The defense requested leniency as the accused is a student and had made an effort to receive his license.
Article 207 of Timor-Leste’s penal code states that driving unlicensed is punishable by a maximum sentence of two years in jail or a fine.
The prosecutor was Renato Bere.
