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To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) Deputy Chief Sec­re­tary Dr Faith Breb­nor has won her le­gal chal­lenge against the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice over a search war­rant is­sued dur­ing an al­leged fraud in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to her and oth­er THA mem­bers.

De­liv­er­ing judg­ment on Tues­day morn­ing, High Court Judge Frank Seep­er­sad up­held Breb­nor’s ju­di­cial re­view claim and ruled that Jus­tice of the Peace (JP) Jameel Watch act­ed un­law­ful­ly when he grant­ed the war­rant in Ju­ly 2023. The war­rant has now been quashed.

Breb­nor had named both Watch and the Of­fice of the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice in the case. How­ev­er, Jus­tice Seep­er­sad dis­missed the claim against the Com­mis­sion­er, not­ing that the top cop played no role in ap­ply­ing for or is­su­ing the war­rant.