Attorney seeks release of suspects in policeman's murder
Published:Sunday | September 18, 2022 | 11:46 AM
A habeas corpus application was made in the St Catherine Parish Court on Friday, on behalf of two suspects in the murder of police sergeant Victor Francis a week ago.
The men's attorney told presiding judge Desiree Alleyne that his clients were being held for an unreasonably long time while the police investigate.
He said the police should charge or release the men.
Following the application, the judge told investigators that there was an obligation to bring action against the suspects within a reasonable time.
The police stated that the investigation was at a critical stage and, if the suspects are released, the investigation could be impeded.
The police were given until September 23 to provide the court with definitive answers on the fate of the men.
Francis was stabbed to death on September 10 at a business establishment in Hamilton Gardens, Portmore, St Catherine.
At the time of his death he was attached to the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA).
-Rasbert Turner
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