Mc Coy granted bail on Benschop charges, professes innocence

Kwame Mc Coy outside of the court yesterday

Kwame Mc Coy, a former presidential liaison officer was arraigned yesterday in the Providence Magis-trate’s Court on three charges – including assaulting activist Mark Benschop – and released on $275,000 bail.

Mc Coy pleaded not guilty to the charges of unlawful assault, simple larceny and malicious damage to property after they were read to him by Magistrate Lerone Daly.

According to the charges, on the morning of March 5, 2011, Mc Coy in the company of others at Diamond New Scheme damaged F150 motor pick up,