September 8, 2020
Matthew Sewell pictured in 2015 with his lawyer, Fred Smith. Photo: Jay Isaacs/JKL Media
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$2m for man beaten and abused in prison
THE Supreme Court has awarded a record $2m in damages to Matthew Sewell, a Jamaican man who endured sexual assault and beatings while being unlawfully detained in prison and the detention centre for nearly a decade, experiences so damaging that he became schizophrenic and developed post-traumatic stress disorder.
Govt appeal bid rejected in $27m case
THE Court of Appeal has rejected the government’s effort to appeal orders involving a Jamaican seeking $27m in damages for false imprisonment before the Supreme Court judge hearing the matter issues her final ruling.
Judge slates govt over Sewell case
A SCATHING condemnation of the government has been delivered over its handling of its defence in the case involving an innocent Jamaican man unjustly held in detention for nearly ten years.
JUSTICE - AFTER TEN YEARS LOCKED AWAY: Now man innocent of any crime wants $27m in damages
A SUPREME Court judge has ruled in favour of a Jamaican man who spent nearly a decade unlawfully detained in prison and the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, despite the fact he was never convicted of a single crime.
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