Another major case that the Government lost recently was the lawsuit brought against them by the owners of Titan Securities Limited. Justice Courtney Abel has ordered the government to pay Rohn Knowles and Kelvin Leech 8.8 million dollars in damages.
That's in compensation for the unlawful and excessive search and seizures of documents and properties done by the Anti Drug Unit back in September 2014. They were attempting to comply with the US Government's request in their attempt to get the men extradited to stand trial for securities fraud, but the judge said that they went too far in that nine hour raid, which cleaned out their office and forced the shutdown of their business.
So, what does the Prime Minister think of the court's judgment? Well, today when we asked about it, he said that his Government will appeal that case:
Reporter
"I understand that the judgement for the Titan case has come up and government has been ordered to pay in the region of 9 million dollars."
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"We will appeal, we will appeal. Absolutely we will appeal. We don't think that judgment can stand. We will appeal."
Reporter
"Sir, can you give us some background as to what happened for us to get to this point?"
Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"No sir, I cannot. All I am telling you is that we will appeal, and since therefore it is going to be an ongoing matter for the Courts of this country, I will say no more."
Apart from that expected appeal, we understand that there is an impending part 2 of the case by both Bahamians.
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