SUBSEQUENT to the Bartica Magistrate freeing murder accused Keron Herbert, he was re-arrested and detained by the Bartica police.
His lawyer Mr. Glenn Hanoman then sought his release by way of Habeas Corpus proceedings to the court. The Chief Justice heard the application and granted a Nisi Order calling on the commissioner of police to show cause why the applicant should not be released forthwith.The police commissioner was to appear in court yesterday morning at 11:30 hrs to have the matter thrashed out. But this did not happen. Instead, counsel appeared in court and withdrew his application for the habeas corpus writ, pointing out that his client had been released by the police.
Last Friday, acting Chief Justice Mr. Ian Chang, S.C., had issued a Nisi Order for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, calling on the commissioner of police to show cause why he should not immediately release Keron Herbert, who was being detained at the Bartica Police Station.
The Order granted to Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Glenn Hanoman on behalf of the applicant, Kenneth Herbert, father of Keron, sought to have the police commissioner appear before the judge in Chambers at 11:30 am yesterday.
The motion, it is said, followed the arrest of Keron Herbert after he had been released at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Dylon Bess on a charge of murder.
In the affidavit in support of the motion, the applicant had said that two minutes after his release, police officers from the Bartica Police Station assaulted him outside of the station compound and forcibly took him again into police custody.
Written By George Barclay