Court orders Top Cop to immediately release man in ‘blow blow’ gun video
L-R Jermaine Kingston and Commissioner of Police Leslie James
Commissioner of Police Leslie James was on Sunday served with a court order to immediately release Jermaine Kingston from police custody after it was found that the police unlawfully kept the man in this custody beyond the 72 hours detention period without seeking a lawful extension for his continued stay in their custody.
Jermaine Kingston is the Jumbo Jet employee who was arrested last week for posting to social media that went viral where he has several high powered weapons and small arms and ammunition as he threatened violence allegedly at the government to demit office.
The Top Cop and several other individuals were served with the court order Sunday following a ruling by Justice Simon Morris-Ramlall via a Zoom Cloud Hearing) after a Habeas Corpus was filed on Kingston’s behalf by one Joshua Marcus through Attorney at Law Everton Lammy.
At the hearing on Sunday, the police force did not produce Kingston to the court resulting in the Judge granting the orders to have him released immediately and for costs in the sum on $150,000 be awarded to the applicant. Kingston was detained on June 17, 2020, after he was picked up by the police.
“The court orders by consent that the Commissioner of Police forthwith release from custody the applicant Jermaine Kingston. This court further orders that the respondent pay costs to the applicant in the sum of $150,000. If you fail to comply with these terms of this order, you will be held in contempt of court and may be liable to imprisonment or to have your assets confiscated” Judge noted in her order.
The proceedings which were filed asked that the court instruct the Police Commission and or anyone who had control or custody of Kingston to produce him to the court, for costs to be awarded and any other orders as the court may deem just.
In the application, it was noted that the police refused to allow the attorney for the detainee to have access to him on the grounds that they (the police) needed to complete their interviewing of the suspect first.
