By Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterTHE SIX policemen, including Senior Superintendent (SSP) Reneto Adams, who are charged jointly with non-capital murder arising from the fatal shooting of four civilians at Kraal, Clarendon on May 7 last year, appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday.
Mr. Justice Mahadev Dukharan granted them bail in the sum of $2 million each with one or two sureties for them to return to court on June 3. It is expected that legal representation will be settled by that time.
The conditions of bail are that they must surrender their travel documents to the police and report to the Commissioner's Office on Fridays between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. A stop order has been placed on the men at the Immigration Department. The judge ordered the men not to visit Kraal without the permission of the court.
The accused men appeared in court after Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Granville Gause, head of the Bureau of Special Investigations, issued the arrest warrants on them yesterday morning. Arising from the arrests, Police Commissioner Francis Forbes suspended the five rank-and-file officers from duty with no pay, while Adams has been interdicted and will receive three-quarters of his usual pay.
Those charged with SSP Adams are Corporal Patrick Cooke, constables Shane Lyons, Roderick Colleyard, Lyndord Gordon and Devon Bernard.
A packed courtroom comprising mostly of policemen were on hand to hear Paula Llewellyn, Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, outline the allegations in detail.
