Policeman on corruption charges gets bail

The police corporal charged with corruption after allegedly demanding a bribe from a motorist has been granted $350,000 bail with sureties.

Forty one-year-old Clayton James appeared in the Black River Resident Magistrate’s Court this afternoon where he was also ordered to surrender his travel documents.

James was arrested on Monday for allegedly soliciting and accepting money from a motorist.

He’s charged with breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act.

James is attached to the St. Elizabeth Division.

He will return to court on September 24.

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