An attorney criticised the St Catherine police in court on Thursday after his client was reportedly held in custody for five days on a bench warrant stemming from a traffic ticket valued at $5,000 without being taken before a judge.

The motorist, Okeno Grant of Old Harbour, St Catherine, was granted bail following representations by his attorney, Sayeed Bernard, when the matter came before the St Catherine Parish Court.

Grant is charged under Section 73 of the Road Traffic Act, relating to the failure to use a child restraint.