00:00Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday, the Court of Appeal ordered the immediate release of Dominic and Genevieve Hadid from
00:07state custody.
00:08The order was served on prison officials and attorney Faris al-Rawi traveled to the Golden Grove prison expecting his
00:16clients to be released without delay.
00:18Instead, the Hadids remained behind bars for hours as prison officials said they had not received authorization to release them.
00:26Speaking outside the prison Thursday night, al-Rawi stressed that the court's order was clear.
00:32By immediate, I mean immediate. Those orders were served on the commission of prisons.
00:37And as you saw, I came here to attend upon the immediate release of our clients.
00:44Unfortunately, what happened was they just simply refused to release them.
00:49He said repeated attempts were made to contact officials.
00:52The attorneys at law for the Minister of Homeland Security, the Commission of Prisons, everyone.
00:59Suffice it to say that you saw the police come and go.
01:03And there were special branch officers that came here. They too were turned away.
01:06Although al-Rawi believes there was sufficient time to release his clients,
01:11he believes the stalling was due to the urgent hearing schedule for 8 p.m.
01:16that very night where the state's attorneys were seeking a stay of the order.
01:20If granted, this would reverse their release into house arrest.
01:24Instead, a temporary stay was granted until today's judgment.
01:28This meant although Dominic Hadid was captured by our cameras preparing for release,
01:34he and his wife remained at prison pending the outcome of today's hearing.
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