Five accused kidnappers get bail

FIVE MEN charged in connection with last week’s  kidnapping of a Gran Couva couple were yesterday granted bail when they appeared before Couva Magistrate Gillian David.

The accused,Chris Singh, 19, Sean Melville, 24, Felix Edwards, 18, Eddie Charles, 40, and his son, Ezekiel, 19, all of Longdonville, Chaguanas, were charged  in connection with a report made by Trevor Dick, 27, of Mamoral Village, Gran Couva, and his common-law-wife Josanne Maynard. It is alleged that last Wednesday Dick  and his wife were able to escape five men almost an hour after they were abducted. Three of the accused: Singh, Melville and Edwards were granted bail in the sum of $75,000,while the other two were granted $60,000 bail. The matter was adjourned to  April 17.