ALYSSA PHILLIP and her mother Camille Caresquero, who were arrested during a protest near the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) last week, have been granted reduced bail.

The two appeared before Magistrate Indira Ramnarine Misir-Gosine in the Port of Spain Magistrates' Court yesterday, where they pleaded not guilty to two charges arising out of the demonstration.

The women were arrested last Wednesday during a protest along Richmond Street, Port of Spain, where demonstrators gathered near the DPP's office to voice opposition to the decision to charge Kaia Sealy with manslaughter and firearms-related offences in connection with the January 20 death of her common-law husband Joshua Samaroo in St Augustine at the hands of police.