Gya: Pervert and his honey before the court

The 13-year-old girl who is at the centre of a controversial sexual relationship with city businessman, Reeaz Khan, is being sent to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) but has been placed under police protection until Thursday when the court proceedings resume.
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...[Attorney Nigel Hughes said] a petition sworn to by the 13-year-old and in which she seeks the court's permission to marry Khan, was served on his chambers. The lawyer told the court that he found the contents of that petition particularly disturbing since no child can, on his or her own, petition the court for permission to marry "...unless lawful custody has been removed from that child's parent or guardian..." and there is nothing before the court, at this time, to suggest that such a scenario exists.

Hughes said that the 13-year-old, in her petition for marriage to Khan, alleges that she has suffered mental torture.

But Hughes contended that the petitioner is a minor, unemployed, a mere schoolgirl and does not have the resources to retain counsel. Nor does she "...possess the mental capacity to look after herself.

"If [the child] felt oppressed, tortured or injured...then the authority of the court ought to have been invoked [since] the court has locus parentis [in such and similar instances]," Hughes stated, adding that she does not possess the authority, legal or otherwise, to file such a petition.

The judge agreed with Hughes' submissions in this regard and promptly rejected an attempt by attorney Carol Martindale-Howard, who claimed to have been retained by a 'next friend' [guardian] on the child's behalf, to present arguments regarding the minor's petition seeking to marry Khan.

It was pointed out to Martindale-Howard, by the judge, that she ought to know the law and therefore, he [the judge] will consider her [Martindale-Howard] "...not to have even appeared before me."
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Hughes' further petitioned the court to have the 13-year-old's passport seized to prevent any attempts to have her removed from the jurisdiction and that an alert be placed at the relevant ports to avert any such an occurrence.
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...[T]he child has since told the court the document has been misplaced.

Hughes told the court that according to his instructions, Khan has acted in "full and flagrant" violation of the law, especially "since the matter was still subjudice", since on May 21, he [Khan] had taken the child from her aunt's home despite instructions by the judge on the previous day that he [Khan] refrain from having any form of contact with her.

Justice Roy had, on May 20, directed that the child be released into the joint custody of her mother and maternal aunt and further, that Khan refrain from having any form of contact with the 13-year-old.

Hughes related that later during the morning of May 21, Khan's attorney, Vic Puran, had told Hamid to pick up her daughter at the Prasad's Hospital, but Khan had not turned up until 7.30 pm and had proceeded to behave in an abusive manner while attempting to have the child admitted to that and a number of other private medical institutions. Hughes said that finally, at around 11.57 pm, the businessman had handed over the child to her mother.
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Nonetheless, Hughes related, in further violation of the court's order, the minor had left her aunt's home on May 29 and according to his [Hughes'] information had subsequently travelled to Trinidad and Tobago.

Hughes said that he has since spoken with Interpol in that country and has been assured that investigations to ascertain certain details are in progress.

Stabroek News has since learnt that Hughes has also written to the Commissioner of Police for T&T, Everald Snaggs, apprising him of the details of the case and seeking his assistance in acquiring specific details regarding that information....

See also this update.

This Reeaz Khan must have a wife and kids about this girl's age. That's how the Caribbean functions; you get married/take a madam young and start a family. So, what do Reeaz Khan's wife and kids have to say?