Ordered extradited to the United States (US) late last month to face charges of murder, fugitive Troy Thomas has mounted fresh legal proceedings—this time before the constitutional court, as he seeks to further fight the extradition.
In a Fixed Date application which is scheduled to be heard before acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, on January 11th, 2019, Thomas, through his attorney Nigel Hughes, maintains his previous argument that though the Fugitive Offenders Act provides for the extradition of persons to a third country, that law had not been brought into domestic law, and as such he ought to not be extradited.
Against this background, he argues in his application that a magistrate, being a creature of statute, is not empowered to interpret and or apply the provisions of a treaty which has not been incorporated into the provisions of the domestic laws of Guyana.
