Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has ordered the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to pay $10.5 million in damages for the unlawful arrest and detention of a man, his two minor sons and his brother.
Among the persons who the court said were unjustifiably detained by the police was Storm Fausette’s then five-year-old child. No one was ever charged for any offence.
Through their attorney, Anastasia Sanford, the claimants—Storm Fausette, Shaquille Fausette, five-year-old Shakeif Fausette and Daryl Medas—argued that the police had unlawfully and unjustifiably arrested them and that they sought aggravated/exemplary damages in excess of $10 million for false imprisonment and a declaration that their fundamental rights guaranteed by Articles 139(1), 141 and 142 the Constitution were violated.
