FREED murder accused Samuel Fraser, called Charlie, of Liverpool Village, Corentyne was granted $25,000 bail on each of two robbery-under-arms charges, following a petition before Justice James Bovell Drakes at the Berbice High Court on Tuesday.

A similar bail petition was granted to co-accused Sherman Thompson, with whom he is jointly charged with robbing Ebony Dabydeen, Patricia Dabydeen and Reginald Dabydeen of personal properties totalling $272,000.
The alleged offence was committed on July 5, 2012 while the petitioners were armed with guns at Number 41 Village, Corentye, Berbice.
The petition, drafted by Attorneys-at-law Ryan Crawford and Carlyn Artiga, records Fraser as saying that since his acquittal in 2009 for murder, there have been purposeful attempts by the police to disrupt his life in the form of constant arrests and detentions for any crimes committed on the coast.
The document revealed that the petitioner has a pending matter of wounding at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, and the said matter will be dispersed with a monetary settlement between the virtual complainant and the petitioner. The petitioner believes he is being victimized by the police, as there was an overly suggestive line-up during identification parade, and an improper and biased identification in the station yard by the police.
Meanwhile, Thompson, of Cromarty Village, also on the Corentyne Coast, in his petition, noted that while he has a matter of abduction pending in the lower courts, the complainant in the robbery under arms charges had indicated to the Magistrate that she would be leaving the jurisdiction to take her grandchildren and the two other complainants, ages 12 and 7 years, to the United States of America, where they reside.
The petitioners are of the opinion that the complainant may never return, since she does not reside in the jurisdiction.
Fraser and Thompson, on August 8 last, had appeared before Magistrate Krishendat Persaud at the Number 51 Court, where they were refused bail and remanded to prison.
Meanwhile, on September 7, 2009, Samuel Fraser was discharged by Justice Winston Patterson for the unlawful killing of Liverpool butcher Gangaram Busjit, alias Vicky.