EX-GUYANA Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant Oliver Hinckson, who is charged with sedition and conspiracy to commit a terrorist act, was taken to a different Court yesterday but Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle also rejected his plea for bail.

The cases involving the 64-year-old accused were before Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys but the latter is not sitting currently, since his involvement in a recent shooting incident.

The allegations against Hinckson are that, last January 31, he advocated terrorism and made a seditious speech to the public and news media, which would create hatred and contempt and promote public disorder.

Hinckson repeated his request for pre-trial freedom yesterday, telling Magistrate Robertson-Ogle that she should consider him because he it is as if he is locked away in a dungeon.

He complained that he has not seen sunlight for the past week.

“…I was in solitary confinement for no reason,” Hinckson stated.

He said he is being kept in a five feet by 12 inches cell for 23 hours a day and not allowed to speak to or see anyone.

“This is contrary to human rights. It’s a crime against humanity,” Hinckson remarked.

He also said he has a medical problem and is at risk of contracting tuberculosis that is prevalent in the jail.

Outside, Police are harassing his relatives when they go to visit him and away from the prison, Hinckson charged, saying that the home of his friend for 39 years has been searched four times.

Asked by the magistrate, if he knew about the treatment Hinckson receives in prison, Special Prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin said he was not so instructed and had no comment.

Police Inspector Robert Tyndall, prosecuting Hinckson’s firearm and ammunition cases, in which James Gibson, another ex-solder, is co-defendant, also had no knowledge of the complaints.

On those charges, Hinckson and Gibson face joint charges of being in illegal possession of a .380 pistol, 12 matching bullets and twenty-six 12-gauge shotgun cartridges, on June 6, 2006, in a house on Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

The proceedings against Gibson are continuing in his absence but Hinckson has to make another Court appearance on July 11.