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CCJ rules in favour of Shanique Myrie
BY KARYL WALKER Editor Crime/Court Desk walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, October 04, 2013 | 9:57 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Caribbean Court of Justice this morning ruled in favour of Jamaican Shanique Myrie and awarded her BD$77,240 (US $38,620) in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages.
The court ruled that evidence Myrie presented about an illegal cavity search and detention in an unsanitary cell at the Grantley Adams International Airport and subsequent deportation was powerful enough for them to award her BD$2,240 in pecuniary damages and BD$75,000 in non-pecuniary damages.
However, the court dismissed claims that Myrie was discriminated against solely because of her nationality and made no judgement on behalf of the intervener, which is the Jamaican state.
It also ordered that Barbados alter its laws to be in harmony with the Revised Treaty of Chagarumas which speaks to the free movement of Caribbean nationals throughout Caricom.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2gmHlTADy
BY KARYL WALKER Editor Crime/Court Desk walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, October 04, 2013 | 9:57 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Caribbean Court of Justice this morning ruled in favour of Jamaican Shanique Myrie and awarded her BD$77,240 (US $38,620) in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages.
The court ruled that evidence Myrie presented about an illegal cavity search and detention in an unsanitary cell at the Grantley Adams International Airport and subsequent deportation was powerful enough for them to award her BD$2,240 in pecuniary damages and BD$75,000 in non-pecuniary damages.
However, the court dismissed claims that Myrie was discriminated against solely because of her nationality and made no judgement on behalf of the intervener, which is the Jamaican state.
It also ordered that Barbados alter its laws to be in harmony with the Revised Treaty of Chagarumas which speaks to the free movement of Caribbean nationals throughout Caricom.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2gmHlTADy
