Hours after they were issued with a judge’s order, police released Carolan Lynch around 8 pm on Monday after they re-arrested her following Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys discharging of the murder charge against her.
Lynch was accused of murdering her husband, Farouk Razac, the boss of Swiss House Cambio. No sooner had Magistrate Gilhuys freed the former beauty queen of the charges on the grounds that no prima facie case had been made against her, Superintendent of Police Bacchus, who is in charge of prisoners at the court, and two policewomen, re-arrested her. When one of Lynch’s attorneys, Nigel Hughes, questioned Bacchus about the arrest, he said he was following instructions.
Hughes and Roger Yearwood immediately moved to the High Court with a Habeas Corpus writ to contest Lynch’s arrest and, after putting their arguments before Justice James Bovell-Drakes, it was ordered that Lynch be released immediately since her detention was unlawful and unconstitutional. The judge also ordered that Lynch be brought before him tomorrow morning. The order was served on the ranks at the East La Penitence Police Station but the ranks refused to let her go. Lynch was later released from that station about two hours later.
In May, Razac was found dead on the floor of his Eping Avenue, Bel Air home. There was evidence that he had bled through his nose and mouth, and his hands were at his neck. A television set, which was usually at the foot of the bed, was found on the floor. An autopsy later confirmed that he had been strangled.
Lynch and Razac had previously been charged with unlawful possession of four 9 mm magazines, one Beretta automatic pistol and 120 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, which were found at the same home on November 10, 2006. The couple was granted $1 million bail each and after her husband’s death Lynch faced those charges alone, though they were later dismissed.
