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 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - An American man and two Sierra Leoneans charged with plotting to help former Liberian President Charles Taylor escape from jail at a war crimes court were granted bail Wednesday of about $8,000 apiece.
Chemidlin, a former U.S. soldier from Scotch Plains, N.J., was first arrested in early May for photographing the compound of the joint U.N.-Sierra Leone war crimes court in Freetown.
He and Sierra Leoneans Felix Rogers and Collins Kamara were re-arrested last week, one day after another judge ruled that there was no law against photographing the U.N.-backed tribunal. They have now been charged with conspiracy for "inspecting" the court.
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