PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A Trinidad and Tobago High Court judge on Friday issued an order that extradition proceedings against former vice president of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Jack Warner, to the United States “be permanently stayed”.

In addition, Justice Karen Reid ruled that the defendant should pay Warner “damages in respect of the breaches” of his constitutional rights, to be assessed by the Court in default of an agreement.

In the 71-page ruling, the defendant, the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, was also ordered to pay Warner’s costs, certified fit for Senior and Junior Counsel, and the assessment of damages was fixed for a case management conference on September 30 this year.