-five others surrender
The ongoing investigation into the Main Street kidnapping case, took a legal twist yesterday with the attorney for two of the suspects stating that the police had acted in contempt of a High Court order.
According to attorney-at-law Everton Singh-Lammy, he appeared via Zoom yesterday morning with his clients, Osafo Peters and Alpha Poole, before Justice Nicola Pierre at the High Court to argue for the release of the two men who were being held beyond the 72-hour limit. The Judge subsequently issued orders for the two suspects in the kidnapping of Joshua David to be released from custody.
However, despite the orders, the suspects – Peters and Poole – continued to be detained and yesterday afternoon, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Faith McGusty, where they were charged with abduction, contrary to Section 4 of the Kidnapping Act.