A trial date has been set in a case involving a man who claims that cops placed him in a home to lay flat, before charging him with house breaking.

Errol Michael, a gardener of Stony Hill, St Andrew, was remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Michael is to return to court on October 30.

The crown is alleging that on the day in question, the complainant found Michael in his home and held him there until the police arrived.

The accused who has denied the charge against him, told the court that he was walking on the road way in Russell Heights, Kingston, when he was approached by some lawmen.

He said that the police took him to the home in question and told him to lay on the floor.

"Your Honour, I was walking looking for gardening work. I didn't go in nuh house," Michael told the court.