A man who reportedly attempted to bribe a policeman with $2,000 and told him "mi can help miself, tek dis" was fined $10,000 or 30 days' imprisonment in the Linstead Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Rowan Morrison, 39-year-old labourer, of Church Road, Bog Walk, St Catherine, pleaded guilty to the charge of bribery.

Facts outlined are that on May 23 about 6:30 p.m., members of the Island Special Constabulary Force were on duty in Bog Walk.

The accused was being prosecuted for operating without a road licence. He went back into his vehicle and approached a corporal who was writing a ticket, and offered him $2,000 to stop writing it.

The policeman spurned his advances and brought the crime to his colleagues.

Morrison was subsequently arrested and charged by Special Constable Conrad Brown.

The presiding magistrate was Simone Maddix.

- R.T.