Gary Eleazer and Alex Wayne, the two reporters accused of attempting to extort a city businessman were yesterday released on $200,000 bail each after being faced with two joint charges of conspiracy to commit a felony.
It is alleged that Eleazer and Wayne, between August 27 and September 23, at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD), conspired together and with other persons to publish defamatory libel against Afras Mohammed with a view to extort the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) from him.
It is also alleged that the two men between the same dates and at the same location, conspired together and with other persons to offer to abstain from publishing defamatory libel against Mohammed with a view to extort the sum of $150,000 from him.
