ORANGE BAY, HANOVER, JAMAICA– A judge in the Hanover Parish Court ordered the immediate release of three men held in police custody without being charged with any crime.
Donovan Collins, the attorney representing the two men, said the judge made the order in the Hanover Parish Court after the hearing of a habeas corpus application.
Collins disclosed that a third man, taken into custody by the police in Orange Bay on October 25, 2023, was also released over the weekend without any criminal charges.
According to the attorney, all three men were traveling in a motor car when the police arrested them.
However, after a week in custody, he said his clients were never interviewed by detectives, placed before an identification parade, or charged with any crime.
“It seems this is a common practice for the Hanover police to hold citizens in custody for days without charge, identification parade, or a question and answer. It leaves one to wonder if they understand the laws of Jamaica,” charged Collins.
Collins said the men instructed him to file a lawsuit against the police for “breach of their constitutional rights.”
Man shot and killed in downtown Montego Bay
MONTECO BAY, ST JAMES, JAMAICA–The St. James police are investigating the fatal shooting of an unidentified man in downtown Montego Bay shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2023.
According to eyewitnesses, the deceased was a resident of the Meggie Top community in Salt Spring, St James.
Unknown individuals attacked him along Union Street.
He is the third person from Salt Spring to be killed by gun violence in the last week.