An attorney criticised the St Catherine police in court on Thursday after his client was reportedly held in custody for five days on a bench warrant stemming from a traffic ticket valued at $5,000 without being taken before a judge.The motorist, Okeno Grant of Old Harbour, St Catherine, was granted bail following representations by his attorney, Sayeed Bernard, when the matter came before the St Catherine Parish Court.Grant is charged under Section 73 of the Road Traffic Act, relating to the failure to use a child restraint.Bernard argued before Senior Parish Court Judge Desiree Alleyne that his client's constitutional rights had been breached because he was not brought before the court sooner.“This is ridiculous that the police are telling my client that they need a vehicle at the border to transport him to Port Maria, St Mary. This is a traffic ticket, so he should have already appeared,” Bernard told the court.Judge Alleyne subsequently granted Grant bail in the sum of $10,000 with surety.The allegations are that about 11 p.m. on June 13, police executed a bench warrant for Grant at his home in Old Harbour after he failed to appear in relation to a traffic ticket issued in St Mary for allegedly failing to use a child restraint.The Gleaner on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram @JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @GleanerJamaica. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169 or email us at onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com or editors@gleanerjm.com.