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Police release Rodrigues on $100,000 bail
Police yesterday released businessman Ricardo Ignatius Rodrigues, called ‘Fat Man’, on $100,000 bail.
This was after they failed to present to Chief Justice Ian Chang any evidence of his links to the cache of arms and ammunition discovered at Lethem last week.
Ricardo Rodrigues
In fact, the police, who were represented by Attorney General Anil Nandlall at a habeas corpus hearing on Tuesday, did not show up before the Chief Justice.
Rodrigues, accompanied by his lawyer, surrendered to police on Tuesday, mere hours after a wanted bulletin was issued for him.
The businessman, who along with his cousin Clive King, called ‘Bora’, is fingered in the recent arms and ammunition bust at Lethem, turned himself in around 09:30 hours.
His attorneys believe that the police do not have enough evidence to link Rodrigues to the Lethem arms find.
After handing him over to the police, Rodrigues’s attorneys had moved to the High Court with a habeas corpus writ, which was heard by Chief Justice Ian Chang at 10:30 hours.
The Chief Justice had granted a temporary order for the police to show cause why they should not release Rodrigues.
The Attorney General, representing the police (state), on Tuesday told the court that the police have evidence which they will be presenting to justify keeping Rodrigues in custody.
He had asked the court to give the police up to 11:00 hours today to provide an update on the evidence they have.
However, the police chose to release Rodrigues without charge rather than presenting to the Chief Justice the evidence they claim to have.
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