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2 Hrs Ago Attorney Gerald Ramdeen, left, speaks to media has his client Insp Mark Hernandez, head of SORT, looks on after Hernandez was released from the Maloney Police Station on Monday. Photo by Roger Jacob A MISBEHAVIOUR charge has been laid against head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) Insp Mark Hernandez. The charge stems from the deaths of murder suspects Andrew Morris and Joel Balcon who were held during the investigation of the murder of court clerk, Andrea Bharatt, but died in police custody. Hernandez was charged shortly after a High Court judge gave Police Commissione...

SORT head Insp Mark Hernandez. - FILE PHOTO/ROGER JACOB ATTORNEYS representing head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) Insp Mark Hernandez have written to Police Commissioner Gary Griffith, giving him until 4 pm Friday to release Hernandez. They have warned if Griffith fails to do so, they will approach the High Court for a writ of habeas corpus for the commissioner to justify Hernandez’s continued detention. Hernandez has been in custody since about 6.45 am on Wednesday. Attorney Wayne Sturge said he had been “incarcerated in excess of 53 hours, far beyond the reasonable com...

Mc Donald Jacob - NATIONAL Security Minister Stuart Young on Friday joined his parliamentary colleagues in condemning the Opposition's boycott of the House of Representatives. He did so as he opened debate on a motion to approve a notification of President Paula-Mae Weeks of McDonald Jacob's nomination to be appointed as a deputy police commissioner. Young said Jacob was the first person on the merit list and a career police officer. Also nominated by the Police Service Commission to be appointed as deputy police commissioners were Supt Andre Norton and Special Operations Response Team (SORT...

Mr Rabani worked in Bradford's textile industry for many years before his voluntary role at the Sangat Centre, which opened in 1991, became a full time job and life-long passion. From helping hundreds access a British citizenship course to a men's mental health project, the centre manager worked with the elderly community and was a beacon of support for many in the Asian community. The late Cllr Abid Hussain with Sangat Centre's Ghulam Rabani "He has always been a pillar of the community," his colleagues at the Sangat Centre told the T&A. The team said: "He has been a driving force in...