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THE Court of Appeal has modified a judge’s ruling on the police detention of a businessman’s excavator seized during an illegal quarrying investigation in 2005.

In a unanimous decision, Justices Nolan Bereaux, Ronnie Boodoosingh, and Maria Wilson found that Ganesh Ramdeo was maliciously prosecuted, and the nine-year detention of his machinery was unlawful.

However, the judges disagreed on the compensation owed, with Justice Bereaux writing the deciding opinion while Justice