GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 29, CMC – A High Court judge has awarded a 25-year-old man, who was wrongfully arrested, detained, imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in 2023 eight million dollars (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in compensation.
Terrence Sandy, filed a lawsuit against the GPF in 2024 over the 2023 incident and Justice Sherdel Issacs-Marcus ruled that he was wrongfully arrested, wrongfully imprisoned for a total of 80 days by agents/officers of the State and was subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment by agents of the State.
The Court also declared that his fundamental rights as guaranteed under the Guyana Constitution had been violated by the State that he was maliciously prosecuted by GPF members without seeking legal advice on the matter.
The court was told that Sandy was on his way home in his village of Kuru Kururu on June 10, 2023, when he was placed in a police vehicle and taken to a police station and held for hours without being asked any questions or told of any complaint against him.
Eventually he was taken to court and charged with the offence of break and enter and refused bail.
But the matter was withdrawn after his attorneys Dexter Todd and Dexter Smartt, realised that there were several violations and there was no accusation or evidence against him.
The attorneys said the High Court ruling in the case reflects its zero tolerance for Constitutional breaches against citizens.
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