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Accused paralysed from waist down, so...
Magistrate holds court at back of ambulance
Published: 20 Oct 2009
Court staff, police officers and relatives of Chad Hernandez stand outside the ambulance during yesterday’s hearing. Hernandez was taken by ambulance to the Port-of-Spain Magistrate's Court to answer gun-related charges. PHOTO: AKILE SIMON
A 28-year-old man who was shot by police during an incident at Maracas Bay last month, appeared yesterday before a Port-of-Spain magistrate paralysed from the waist down. He was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition. In an unusual move, Magistrate Avason Quinlan temporarily held court at the back of an ambulance belonging to the T&T Fire Service, which was parked at the prisoners’ entrance to the court.
Hernandez was granted $75,000 bail by Quinlan and ordered to reappear in court next April 15. He was placed in the care of his father, Gray Hernandez, of Edward Trace, Mayaro. Gray was ordered to sign the bail bond for his son. The charges stemmed from an incident at Maracas Bay when police spotted a man handing a firearm to another. PC Katteck, of the Highway Patrol, laid the charges.
Very archaic proceedings. I
Very archaic proceedings. I guess the T&T People with Disabilities Act does not apply to the government or its institutions thus the absence of a wheelchair ramp!
and dey aiming for developed
and dey aiming for developed status!
Disabled people in T&T are very disadvantaged in terms of accessibility.
Building modern buildings is more important than having the infrastucture in place to facilitate disabled people.
Here every creed and race definitely do not have an equal place!
Inequality, the watchwords
Inequality, the watchwords of T&T
When the media posted the chinese immigrants situation there was an uproar from the society here we have a temporary court being held in an ambulance because there is no wheelchair access at the public courthouse. Do we see public outcry or the super duo of law n injustice Ramesh and Ramlogan making a statement to hold the gov't accountable for not having facilities for persons with disabilities at the court even after recently a case was won by the DPI organisation Re: Hall of Justice accessibility to persons with disabilities.We as a society care only for politics ,sensationalism or self agrandisement in our lives not true love of our brothers, be our brothers keeper