Ex-policeman wrongfully charged for wife’s murder files $100 Million lawsuit against the State

Through his attorney Nigel Hughes, Mr. Bailey is seeking compensation for wrongful arrest, wrongful preferment of the charge of murder, malicious prosecution, wrongful and unlawful detention, and the breach of his rights for protection from inhumane and degrading treatment.

Ex-policeman wrongfully charged for wife’s murder files $100 Million lawsuit against the State

Two months after he was freed of the murder charge related to the death of his wife, with the Prosecution admitting that it had no evidence tying him to the crime, ex-Police Sergeant Colin Baily has filed a $100 Million lawsuit against the state of Guyana.

Through his attorney Nigel Hughes, Mr. Bailey is seeking compensation for wrongful arrest, wrongful preferment of the charge of murder, malicious prosecution, wrongful and unlawful detention, and the breach of his rights for protection from inhumane and degrading treatment.

The former police officer also wants the Court to declare that the indictment against him with no evidence amounted to a breach of his rights to a fair trial and his personal liberty.

A number of other declarations are also being sought by Mr. Bailey.

Bailey spent over five years on remand in prison after he was charged in connection with his wife’s murder although there was no evidence tying him to the 2013 incident.

Back in 2016, he was arrested, charged, and committed to stand trial for the murder of his wife, three years after the murder.

Back in October in the High Court, a jury was instructed to return a not guilty verdict in the murder trial after the Prosecutor told the Court that there was no evidence linking the Bailey to his wife’s murder.

A few days earlier, another man who was also held for the same murder, pleaded guilty to killing the businesswoman and did not link the former Police officer to the crime, saying he acted alone during the commission of a robbery.

The trial Judge blasted the DPP’s Office over the charges against the ex-Policeman, saying that it was a serious case of injustice.

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