Police search home of chief magistrate

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro has con­firmed that law en­force­ment of­fi­cials car­ried out a search at the home of Chief Mag­is­trate Bri­an De­bideen, say­ing he will on­ly pro­vide “up­dates if and when nec­es­sary and ap­pro­pri­ate to do so”.

He said that the up­dates will on­ly be dis­closed “if such dis­clo­sure does not prej­u­dice the in­ves­ti­ga­tion or any en­su­ing le­gal pro­ceed­ing”.

At­tor­ney Prakash Ra­mad­har, who is rep­re­sent­ing the Chief Mag­is­trate, con­firmed the search, adding that his client ful­ly co­op­er­at­ed with in­ves­ti­ga­tors and vol­un­tar­i­ly hand­ed over the elec­tron­ic de­vices.