COOPER’S PEN LAWSUIT - Nine men sue Gov’t over detention amid demolition of Trelawny homes
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August 18, 2026
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Nine men from Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who claim that they were rounded up by the police and kept in custody for hours during last week’s controversial demolition exercise in the community, have filed a lawsuit against the Government for breaches of their constitutional rights.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday by the law firm Donnovan Collins & Company, seeks damages for false imprisonment and assault.
It claimed that about 3 a.m. on August 11, cops assigned to the Falmouth Police Station, armed with high-powered weapons and wearing masks, “burst into” the men’s homes “without reasonable and/or probable cause”.
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