A po­lice con­sta­ble, with 13 years' ser­vice, was not called up­on to plea to charges of rob­bery and mis­be­hav­iour in pub­lic of­fice when he ap­peared in court yes­ter­day. PC Lin­don Nel­son, of the In­ter Agency Task Force, ap­peared be­fore Mag­is­trate Melvin Daniel in the Port-of-Spain Fourth Court yes­ter­day. He was charged by Sgt Michael Veronique of the Po­lice Ser­vice Pro­fes­sion­al Stan­dards Bu­reau.

Nel­son, of Mis­sion Road, Freeport, is al­leged to have robbed a busi­ness­man on Ju­ly 11 of 14 cas­es of vod­ka, val­ued at $14,000, and kid­napped three peo­ple. He was ar­rest­ed last Fri­day and charged over the week­end. Daniel grant­ed Nel­son $15,000 bail with sure­ty to be ap­proved by a clerk of the peace. He will reap­pear in court on Au­gust 13.