Twin of Twins - Contributed

Dancehall comedic duo, Twin of Twins, spoke out yesterday for the first time since their arrest on Tuesday on reasonable suspicion of fraud, telling THE WEEKEND STAR that they were treated unprofessionally by the police.

The twins, Paul and Patrick Gaynor, were taken into custody by the Half-Way Tree police after being accused of taking $50,000 from an upcoming artiste under the guise that they were able to give him the opportunity to travel to the United States of America to perform. It is alleged, however, that they failed to deliver on their promise and refused to return the complainant's money.

night in prison

Patrick Gaynor, however, told THE WEEKEND STAR a different story. He said that they received $49,000 from the artiste for Twin of Twins dubplates as well as money to deal with the application fee for a United States visa.

Gaynor, who also said that contrary to a report published in THE STAR yesterday, they were released from custody on Wednesday after spending a night in prison, said that the money was returned to the artiste.

He said that after receiving money from the artiste, they had to travel for shows and to work on their latest CD titled Trial and Crosses. Upon returning to the island, they became aware that the complainant had an issue with them having the money.

Gaynor said: "While we hold the highest respect to people in the police force, the circumstances surrounding our arrest were unprofessional and we did not know about the outstanding warrant for our arrest."

The twins said that after being arrested, they explained to the police that the money was returned and asked them to call the artiste to confirm, which the police repeatedly refused to do. The twins say that during their arrest, they were mocked and jeered with persons reciting bits from their CDs.

"They said that we sound intelligent on the tapes, so we should be able to represent ourselves and even quoted Adams from one of our tapes. The artiste even came to the station to tell them the money was returned and they ignored him, not wanting him to give his statement," Gaynor said.

It wasn't until their lawyer came to the station, accompanied with the complainant, that Gaynor said that they were released.

While the comedic duo now have to face the court on July 30 to answer a fraud charge, they claim that it will not affect their career or the success of their new CD. In fact, the twins said that they are also planning to produce more CDs in the near future and this incident might also appear in their work.