By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN accused in the kidnapping and attempted armed robbery of a immigration officer in 2013 was fined $500 on Friday for a bail breach.
Senior Magistrate Shaka Serville presided as Cordero Saunders, 34, appeared in court for two counts of violation of bail conditions.
Saunders was on bail for charges of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, attempted armed robbery and two counts of kidnapping. He and accomplices allegedly kidnapped and attempted to rob senior immigration officer Shane Gardiner and his girlfriend, Tishka Braynen, at gunpoint in 2013.
The decomposed bodies of the couple were found on Newbold Farms in Fresh Creek, Andros, on December 21, 2013 with apparent gunshot wounds to the head.
While awaiting retrial for these charges, Saunders, while in New Providence, failed to sign in at the Bullocks Harbour Police Station between June 14 and July 8.
The defendant reversed his earlier position and pleaded guilty to the bail breach charges.
Saunders was ordered to pay a fine of $500 or risk two months in prison.
After asking for time to settle his debt, the defendant was told to return to court for payment on February 28, 2025.
Inspector Cordero Farrington served as the prosecutor.
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