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Trinidad businessman, wife to remain in custody over probe into alleged plot to kill gov’t officials

By Staff Editor Wed, July 1 2026, 2:01 AM GMT-4

Trinidadian businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve will remain detained while they pursue a case challenging their detention under the ongoing State of Emergency (SoE) over an alleged plot to assassinate government officials.

Delivering a decision yesterday afternoon, Justice Frank Seepersad rejected the couple’s application to be released pending the determination of a judicial review lawsuit over Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs) issued against them days after their arrest, last week, according to a report in the Trinidad Guardian.

The judge also dismissed habeas corpus writs seeking to have the T&T Police Service (TTPS) justify their continued detention.

This means that the couple will remain detained while the SoE remains in effect until September, or unless they successfully appeal Justice Seepersad’s ruling.

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