Two men got off kidnapping charges today as the DPP withdrew charges against them. 46 year old Gilroy Thompson and 36 year old Dean Gillett appeared before Chief Magistrate Herbert Lord where the charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping were withdrawn by the DPP's office. The men had been charged after Percival Flowers and Cecilia Stephenson reported to police that they had been taken from their home in St. Paul's Bank by some men. The men were allegedly in search of drugs and money. At the time the couple managed to escape when police intercepted the kidnappers at the junction of the Burrell Boom road and the Northern Highway. Three other persons allegedly involved in the July 15th 2003 incident Marlon Sutherland, Eugene Carter and Aaron Miller are still to appear to answer to charges of aggravated burglary and kidnapping.

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