…with regard to writ of habeas corpus for alleged wrongful detention

CHIEF Justice (Ag.) Mr. Ian Chang, SC, yesterday issued a Nisi Order for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling on the police commissioner to show cause why he should not immediately release Keron Herbert, who is being detained at the Bartica Police Station.The Order granted to Attorney-at-Law Mr. Glenn Hanoman on behalf of Kenneth Herbert, father of Keron, seeks to have the police commissioner appear before the judge in Chambers at 11:30 hrs on Monday.
The Notice of Motion seeks to have the detained person presented before the honourable court immediately after the receipt of such writ to undergo and receive all and singular such matters.
The motion has reportedly followed the arrest of Keron Herbert after he had been released by Bartica Magistrate Dylon Bess from a charge of murder.

In the affidavit in support of the motion, the applicant is saying that two minutes after he had been released, police from the Bartica Police Station had assaulted him outside of the Bartica Police Station compound, and had immediately, forcibly returned him into police custody.

(By George Barclay)