(Jamaica Gleaner) The three high-profile figures charged with corruption have each been granted bail in the sum of $250,000.
West Portland MP Daryl Vaz; Head of the Community Safety and Security Branch, Senior Superintendent James Forbes; and businessman Bruce Bicknell, appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning.
Forbes and Bicknell are charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice while Vaz is charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.
The magistrate has ordered that the three return to court on September 5.
In the interim, they have been ordered not to make contact with the witnesses.
They should also submit their travel documents and submit their fingerprints to the police.
A stop order has also been placed on the three.
