A HIGH COURT judge has awarded a total of $154,000 to an emergency medical technician and businessman who was unlawfully arrested, detained and prosecuted after a 2018 encounter with police in Marabella.

Justice Westmin James ordered the State to compensate Darryl Nanton, 56, of Freeport, after the State admitted liability in December 2024. The judge’s assessment ruling was delivered on December 4.

Nanton, then the owner of Heartfelt Care Services and an employee of Petrotrin, endured an unlawful 24-and-a-half-hour detention, the filing of three criminal charges without cause, and degrading treatment while in police custody, his lawsuit contended.