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March 2021
Matemba v R (Miscellaneous Application 1 of 2021) [2021] MWHC 401 (22 March 2021)
Fourteen-year pre-trial detention breaches constitutional limits; court ordered release and held compensation is a civil claim.
  • Constitutional and criminal procedure law — unlawful prolonged pre-trial detention — section 42 rights and section 161G/H custody time-limits — remedy of immediate release — compensation for unlawful detention is a civil remedy — prison service duty to detect undocumented custody.
22 March 2021