ABDUCTION or no abduction? It seems more attention has been paid, by authorities in both Barbados and TT, to the semantics of this word than to giving us the full facts relating to the shocking case of Brent Thomas. Even as Barbadian Attorney General Dale Marshall, KC, on Tuesday conceded police in his country had
BARBADIAN Attorney General Dale Marshall was “unfortunately misinformed” in relation to the Barbados police’s conduct in detaining Trinidadian licensed gun dealer Brent Thomas. Addressing High Court judge Devindra Rampersad on Wednesday, Thomas’ attorney Fyard Hosein, SC, said Marshall was misinformed when he said his client was not abducted. Hosein said his role in addressing the
On the 25th of April last, a decision was given in the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) by Justice Devindra Rampersad in the matter of Brent Thomas v The AG of TT and the Director of Public Prosecutions. In that decision, Justice Rampersad made reference to what he termed the “abduction” of Mr Thomas in Barbados on the 5th day October 2022 and later in his decision, he characterised the circumstances attending Mr Thomas’s return to Trinidad from Barbados, as being unlawful.
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THE Barbadian Attorney General says gun dealer Brent Thomas was not 'abducted' from Barbados last year but he admits the officers had 'fallen short of the law' during an operation where Thomas was arrested and returned to Trinidad.