The Government has filed an appeal against a decision handed down late last year by High Court Judge Navindra Singh, who has ruled that Senior Superintendent of Police Marcelene Washington, who is currently facing criminal prosecution, is no longer required to seek the Court’s permission whenever she wants to leave the country.
Washington who has been charged with several counts of conspiracy to commit a felony had moved to the High Court for permission to leave the jurisdiction for medical reasons, owing to her name being placed on a list of persons prohibited from leaving the jurisdiction without the Court allowing it.
In a ruling delivered on December 28th last, Justice Singh ruled that there was no written law in Guyana which authorizes the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to limit the movement of persons out of Guyana solely because they have been charged with an indictable offence, and placed on bail.
