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Nugent contemplating legal action over cybercrime arrest
 Latoya Nugent
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May 16, 2017

Nugent contemplating legal action over cybercrime arrest

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Tambourine Army a short while ago disclosed that co-founder Latoya Nugent is contemplating legal action on the matter of her arrest under the Cybercrimes Act and a constitutional challenge to the legislation.

The revelation comes after the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) submitted its decision to discontinue its case against Nugent.

Read: DPP discontinues cybercrime case against NugentThe human rights advocate was arrested and charged in March with malicious use of computers, under the Cybercrimes Act, by detectives attached to the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch.The police said the charge stemmed from complaints about alleged defamatory comments Nugent made online about alleged sex abusers.The Tambourine Army, in a release this afternoon, said Nugent appeared in court on two occasions prior to today and on those occasions no specific, official charge was laid against her. “It was only at today’s appearance that specific charges were officially laid, and Nugent was asked to respond to each charge to which she pleaded not guilty on all three counts,” the advocacy group said in release.“ We are relieved that the ODPP then made a no evidence submission, which then led to the discontinuance of the case. A warrant for her arrest was never presented at the time of the arrest. A warrant for the seizure of property at the time of her arrest was never presented. Up to this morning when the case was mentioned, no warrant for the arrest of Nugent was presented to her legal team, and no warrant for the seizure of property was presented,” Tambourine Army explained. They added that they remain curious about these facts and wonder whether they amount to an abuse of power by the Jamaica Constabulary Force.The Tambourine Army, which describes itself as a radical social justice movement committed to uprooting the scourge of sexual violence and safeguarding the rights of women and girls, said her arrest and subsequent illness “were powerful reminders of the gravity of the situation” the movement is seeking to address. 

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