‘Skelly’ and ‘Gumbo’ get bail

The man labelled by Police as “the country’s most wanted man” Sheldon “Skelly” Lovell and co-accused Sean “Gumbo” Vincent were yesterday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 each to be approved by the Clerk of the Peace.

They were however advised that bail was granted on certain conditionalities. The duo were informed that they are required to report to the Morvant Police Station every Monday and Friday between 1 and 5 pm, and that they must steer clear of all their alleged victims. The duo were granted bail after the results of a tracing were made available to the court. The tracing revealed that the men had several previous matters which were dismissed. The pair surrendered themselves to the Army in Barataria on Tuesday after spending about one month on the run.

On Tuesday, Magistrate Ejenny Espinet denied the men bail when they appeared before her in the Port-of-Spain First Magistrates’ Court to answer the charges of kidnapping Benedict Barette at Queen’s Park Savannah West on July 17, 2003. Other charges included imprisoning Barette at 58 Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley, on July 17, kidnapping Yves Ayoung-Chee at Queen’s Park Savannah West on July 17 and falsely imprisoning Ayoung-Chee at 58 Morne Coco Road, Petit Valley, on July 17 and 26. However, when the matter was called again yesterday the magistrate granted bail and adjourned the matter to next Friday when both Skelly, 31, and Gumbo, 29, will be brought before the court to join Kenny Bennett, 24, and Reginald Gibson, 30, who are also charged with the offences. Both men were represented in the matter by attorney Patrick Godson-Phillip.