Privy Council rules Bahamas gov’t liable for immigration officer’s rape of detainee
(CMR) The Privy Council has upheld a ruling that the Bahamian government is vicariously liable for the rape of a Jamaican woman by a senior immigration officer who held her in his custody for nearly 24 hours in December 2014, in a judgment handed down on 11 June. The case centered on Claudia Edwards Bethel, […]
6/17/2026 12:01:19 AM