Rasbert Turner, Portmore Star Writer

Three policemen who are accused of abducting and raping a woman in Portmore were granted bail in the sum of $250,000 each.

They are Michael Beckford, Everton Barnett, and Johnny Wilby all attached to the Area Five police division. When the case was mentioned, all three pleaded not guilty.

Attorneys-at-law Peter Cham-pagnie and Christopher Townsend made successful bail applications on behalf of their client.

The lawyers contended that the complainant was against the police, as they constantly told her to come off the street. Resident Magistrate Ann-Marie Nembhard, then granted bail on condition that the three accused return to the court.

threatened prostitiute

The Crown led evidence that in July last year, the policemen went to Port Henderson Road, more popularly known as Back Road, where they grabbed a prostitute, placed her inside their vehicle and threatened to lock her up.

The court heard that she was taken to a house in Waterford where they reportedly took turns raping her. She reported the matter to the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse.

An investigation resulted in a file being sent to the direction of public prosecutions, who ruled that charges of abduction and rape be proffered against the three. They are to reappear in court on April 19.