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A female police Corporal attached to the Prashad Nagar Police Outpost who had held a 15-year-old boy in custody for more than the permitted stipulation was yesterday chastised by the Chief Magistrate,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, who called for senior officers to be notified of her actions.Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry made it pellucid that the court will not tolerate police ranks breaching the constitutional rights of civilians,China NFL Jerseys, as she scolded the Corporal who was in charge of the teen.“He should not have been kept for 72 hours without the permission of the High Court. This is unacceptable, I cannot believe this!” she said in admonishing the police rank.Sewnarine-Beharry made the comment at the city court yesterday afternoon.Moments before she cleared her courtroom for in-chamber matters,NFL Jerseys From China, she noticed the young man sitting on the prisoner’s bench and inquired his age.While asking him a few more questions,China Jerseys Cheap, she realised what had taken place. The young man told her that he had been into custody since last week and had since moved between the juvenile detention centre in Grove and the Prashad Nagar Police Outpost.Upon receiving this information, Magistrate Sewnarine-Beharry immediately summoned the rank to her courtroom and demanded an explanation for his (the teen’s) unlawful detention.The female Corporal told the Magistrate that on account of his first scheduled hearing the police were unable to bring him to court so “we had him all the time. I spoke to the Inspector and he told me that the matter was then put down for a later date.”However, the Magistrate retorted that an individual should not be kept for 72 hours without the permission of the High Court. She also questioned the teen’s prolonged detention in light of it being an abusive language charge instituted against him as well as the fact that he is a juvenile.The state officer also questioned whether there are persons who check on the prisoners and why they are there (in lock ups).The female corporal stated that the lad had spent three days at Diamond and three days at the outpost since he (the teen) is an orphan,Cheap China Jerseys, and was refused by the State Care agency where he resided.However, Magistrate Beharry informed the corporal that they could have contacted the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and stated that she needed to see the Court Superintendent. |
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