(Kaieteur News) – A Fixed Date Application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in the High Court on Saturday against Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken, challenging the continued detention of Mark Richmond beyond the constitutionally mandated 72-hour limit.

The application, brought by Attorney-at-Law Damien Da Silva, describes Richmond’s ongoing confinement as “unlawful and wrongful” and seeks an order compelling the Guyana Police Force to immediately produce him before the court so the legality of his detention can be determined. The filing argues that Richmond’s right to personal liberty under Section 139 of the Constitution has been flagrantly breached.

Court documents reviewed by Kaieteur News indicate that police ranks visited Richmond’s Werk-en-Rust home on July 7, telling his wife he was wanted for questioning. After speaking by phone with an officer at the scene, Richmond turned himself in voluntarily, accompanied by his attorney, at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary, at approximately 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8.