Attin gets leave to file motion

CONVICTED MURDERER Chuck Attin has been granted leave to file for a constitutional motion after High Court Judge Joseph Tam yesterday ruled that the matter was urgent enough to be heard during the court’s vacation period. After informing the attorneys of his decision, Justice Tam advised State attorney Neil Byam to file and serve affidavits in opposition by 4 pm on August 27. In addition, he advised Attin’s attorney Dana Seetahal that if she intended to file affidavits in response, it must be done by 4 pm on August 29. He then adjourned the motion to September 8 for hearing.

In 1997 Attin was convicted together with Noel Seepersad for the brutal murders of Westmoor-ings residents Candace Scott and Karen Sa Gomes, on July 11, 1994. Seepersad was sentenced to death by hanging. At the Civil Court hearing held yesterday, to decide on the urgency of the motion, Attin’s attorney Dana Seetahal explained that her client has been illegally detained since his conviction in 1997. She noted that delaying the matter would only mean further illegal detention of her client.