Veteran East Coast cop, other charged with corruption

Colin Bailey

Two police officers accused of corruptly receiving money were both placed on bail after they pleaded not guilty in a city court yesterday.

Colin Bailey, 51, of 63 South Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara and Paul Paddy, 29, of Cane Grove East Coast Demerara, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 1.

The men were accused of corruptly collecting $300,000 as inducement for the release of a