Derek Achong and

Busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve’s hopes for free­dom were dashed yes­ter­day, af­ter the State se­cured a late-night Ap­peal Court rul­ing which or­dered a stay of an ear­li­er judg­ment which had or­dered that they be re­leased from jail and be placed un­der house ar­rest.

Fol­low­ing an emer­gency hear­ing last night, Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh and Ap­pel­late Judges Mark Mo­hammed and Ricky Rahim grant­ed an in­ter­im stay of the judg­ment de­liv­ered hours ear­li­er by three of their col­leagues.