WESTERN BUREAU:

The case against a St James policeman charged with conspiracy to kidnap and breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act was adjourned until April 4.

On that day, his attorney is expected to make a bail application before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court.

When the matter was mentioned in the court on Thursday, 31-year-old Constable Omar Gordon, who is represented by attorney-at-law Dalton Reid, did not enter a plea. He was remanded in custody.

The constable was charged on Tuesday, following a ruling by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The charges stem from an incident in June last year in which 44-year-old Howard Timothy Pattico was kidnapped from his home in Bogue Village, Montego Bay. He has not been seen since.

Allegations are that on Wednesday, June 13, 2007, Pattico and a woman were at his house in Bogue Village when men armed with guns and wearing bullet-proof vests and caps marked 'POLICE' entered the house and robbed the couple of an undetermined sum of money. The men also took Pattico with them.

It is said that the kidnappers sped away in a getaway car, which was allegedly driven by Constable Gordon.