A/HRC/16/52/Add.3 already been convicted but were sent back to the police station by the judge. For the police officers it seemed to be too cumbersome to take a detainee from the remand centre to court, so they were kept in police lock-ups, which were closer to the courts. If somebody complained of abuse, the officers reportedly advised them of their rights and took them to the doctor. However, according to the officers, there had been no complaints within the last two months. Individual cases 21. Aldy Cameron, aged 35, had been detained on 9 December 2009. At 3:45 a.m., he had heard a shot fired outside his home. Approximately 30 police officers kicked open the door and proceeded to detain him. His girlfriend had also been detained, but had since been released. Upon arrest, he was shackled and beaten. His girlfriend was also beaten and had a miscarriage as a result. Upon arrival at the mobile reserve police post, his clothes were removed. He was beaten with a baton; a cattle-prod was used on his testicles, stomach and neck; and water was thrown at him. This took place for about 45 minutes, as the officers questioned him about a past robbery and possible future robberies. He was held there for eight hours, and then transferred to Constant Spring Police Station, where he had not been interrogated or beaten. Upon arrival at Constant Spring, he complained to the officer in charge about the ill-treatment, but was not taken to the hospital. He had not been presented before a judge, as he was waiting for an ID parade. With regard to the conditions of detention, he noted that there were seven persons in his cell, that it was hot, that there was only proper drinking water at certain times, and that he had to ask an officer to use the toilet. He indicated that the detainees had been told that “some people were coming”, and thus the cells were much cleaner than usual. Concerning the guards, he stated that they were police officers and that no one was beaten. He had been visited by a lawyer, but they met in an office with a police officer present. Finally, he complained about the lack of fresh air, and the fact that they had to spend most of their time inside the cells. 22. Fitzroy Matthias, aged 30, had been arrested on 28 December 2009, was taken to Spanish Town and later to Constant Spring. At the time of the arrest, 12 jeeps stopped his car, and several officers threatened to kill him, but the superintendent stopped them. He was handcuffed, but not shackled. He added that his lawyer had been present during the interrogation, but complained that he could not see his family when they visited him. Remandees were normally forced to sign their statements. He had been before a judge on two occasions. He complained about the lack of electricity in his cell, which was the smallest at the station, and the fact that he had to call an officer to go to the bathroom. He was examined by a doctor upon a judge’s order, but the examination took place in the presence of a police inspector. He had been first arrested in 1998, and had spent two years in remand custody. At the time, he was beaten by a police officer at Spanish Town in order to obtain the name of the person who had committed the crime. He had been arrested several times afterwards, but did not remember any other beatings. 23. Leon Edith, aged 30, had been arrested in August 2009 by a sergeant and brought to Constant Spring. Upon his arrest, the police tried to make him run away to shoot him but he did not leave. He had been handcuffed to a bar in a room and interrogated by four officers (among which one was from the Murder Investigation Team (MIT)) who beat him on the ears with their hands, and on the body with batons. He was punched in the stomach and on the chest by an officer with a small baton as he refused to sign a paper. One officer took pictures. After he had been on ID parade he was again forced to sign a paper, but he refused. He was harassed two more times for that purpose and beaten on the ears. He did not complain to the judge when he met him in September, since the police would deny it. He also thought there was no reason to talk to the Public Defender. At the tribunal, the main witness was also the police officer who arrested him. He was going to go to court again the following Monday. Concerning the conditions, he complained that the inmates only had 20 23