ST. THOMAS: THREE MEN, who were charged with kidnapping, robbery with aggravation and occasioning bodily harm, were granted bail of $500,000 each, when they appeared in the Morant Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, April 9. The three are 39-year-old Winston Prince, fire technician, of Stanton Housing Scheme; 35-year-old fisherman, Junior Phipps; and 34-year-old taxi driver, Howard Thompson, both of a Nine Mile, Bull Bay, St. Andrew address. Police reports are that at about 3:45 p.m. on Monday, April 7, police received a call from citizens in Stanton, that a man was being held against his will at a house in the area. Acting on the information, the police went to the house and found 43-year-old Koran Haystings, of a Savanna-la-Mar address, in the house with his hands and feet bound with rope. Phipps, who was supposedly guarding him, was hiding behind a chair in the house. He was taken into custody and arrested and charged. Haystings was taken to the police station where he gave his statement to the police. He said that Prince and himself were in a bus operation business. Prince, who had been abroad, was returning to the island and he went to pick him up at the airport on Friday, April 4. Haystings said that when they got to the house in Stanton, there were four men waiting outside armed with knives. He said they proceeded to beat him and then bound his hands and feet and tied him to a chair and he had been that way from Friday night until Monday afternoon. Prince and Thompson turned themselves in on Tuesday, April 8, while the police are still searching for the other two men. The three men are scheduled to return to court on April 24. FRAUD CHARGES The saga, however, does not end there, as Haystings the kidnapped victim was also arrested and charged with a number of charges including forgery, possession of forged documents, uttering forged documents and fraudulent conversion. Prince told the police that while he was in the United States he sent approximately $94,900 to Haystings to license and insure the bus. The police checked with Western Union and the money was indeed received by Haystings. Prince said also, in his statement, that Haystings presented him with the documents of license and insurance for the bus. The police said the documents were all forged and they also have evidence that Haystings used the money for his own personal purposes. Haystings is scheduled to appear in court in the coming week.