Judge orders CoP to produce prisoner

A WRIT of habeas corpus was granted by Justice David Myers directing Commissioner of Police Hilton Guy to bring before the court Benedict Farrel, who is alleged to be in police custody. The writ was granted on Friday following an  application by attorney Asaf Hosein that Farrel had been detained by police at the Port-of-Spain CID since June 2. The writ will also be served on the Commissioner of Prisons and the Attorney General.  The writ  commands  the Commissioner of  Police to bring Farrel before Justice Myers in the Hall of Justice Port-of-Spain,  on June 12, 2003, at 9 am. In default an application will then be made for a warrant to arrest the Commissioner for contempt in not obeying the writ. An affidavit of Farrel’s alleged plight was filed by his cousin Mboya Wilson and used in the application for the writ.