Wednesday, January 28, 2015 | 4:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – People’s National Party councillor Rohan Bryan and businessman Ludlow McWhinney were on Wednesday offered bail in the sum of J$600,000, after they appeared before the Morant Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The bail was offered with surety and the men instructed to surrender their travel documents.
Reports are that McWhinney allegedly contacted a relative of a complainant in a case of sexual misconduct involving a minister of religion, in an attempt to influence their decision to proceed with the matter in November last year.
Further allegations are that in January, Bryan tried to influence both the complainant and the relative in an effort to affect the outcome of the case. Reports were made and an investigation launched by the Morant Bay police, after which a file was prepared and submitted to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a ruling.
The DPP ruled on the matter and both men were this morning arrested and charged.
They are scheduled to reappear in court on March 11, 2015.
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PNP councillor, businessman granted bail
