Tobago House of Assembly (THA) deputy Chief Secretary Dr Faith Brebnor has been successful in her lawsuit against the State over a police search warrant obtained as part of an alleged fraud probe into her and other THA members.

Justice Frank Seepersad ruled in Brebnor’s favour on April 9. The judge presided over Brebnor’s judicial review claim against Erla Harewood-Christopher, as Police Commissioner at the time and magistracy registrar Jameel Watch, who issued the warrant.

Although dismissing the case against the commissioner, Seepersad said the registrar’s decision to issue the warrant was flawed, defective and not based on reasonable ground that it could have yielded evidence against Brebnor.