A Ma­yaro man spent more than nine months in prison be­cause of a mis­tak­en crim­i­nal record. Now he is su­ing the State over what his lawyers de­scribe as a break­down in the jus­tice sys­tem.

Ras Carang Ma­son, rep­re­sent­ed by Anand Ram­lo­gan, SC, filed a con­sti­tu­tion­al claim against the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al on Mon­day, ar­gu­ing that an ad­min­is­tra­tive er­ror led to his pro­longed de­ten­tion on re­mand.

Ac­cord­ing to court fil­ings ob­tained by Guardian Me­dia, Ma­son was ar­rest­ed in No­vem­ber 2019 and charged with rob­bery with vi­o­lence, pos­ses­sion of a firearm and am­mu­ni­tion, and rob­bery with ag­gra­va­tion. He spent five days in a po­lice sta­tion be­fore his first court ap­pear­ance.