At­tor­ney Fa­reed Ali says the Court of Ap­peal’s de­ci­sion to or­der the re­lease of busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve did not de­ter­mine whether the al­le­ga­tions against them were valid, but in­stead ad­dressed whether they should re­main in cus­tody as their le­gal chal­lenge pro­ceeds.

Speak­ing dur­ing an in­ter­view on CNC3’s The Morn­ing Brew yes­ter­day, Ali ex­plained the le­gal is­sues sur­round­ing the case, af­ter the Court of Ap­peal or­dered their re­lease and the State sub­se­quent­ly se­cured a stay pend­ing an ap­peal to the Privy Coun­cil.

The Hadeeds were due to be re­leased on Thurs­day af­ter the Ap­peal Court over­turned an ear­li­er High Court de­ci­sion and or­dered that they be placed un­der house ar­rest while their con­sti­tu­tion­al chal­lenge pro­ceeds. How­ev­er, be­fore they could be re­leased from prison, the State se­cured a stay of the re­lease or­der, pend­ing an ap­peal to the Privy Coun­cil, leav­ing the cou­ple be­hind bars.