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Court sets $30m bail for Garrido | Court sets $30m bail for Garrido |
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A man who is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and holding her captive for 18 years will be held on $30m bail, a US court has ruled. | A man who is accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and holding her captive for 18 years will be held on $30m bail, a US court has ruled. |
Phillip Garrido, 58, has pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard. | Phillip Garrido, 58, has pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard. |
His wife Nancy, 54, has also pleaded not guilty to the same charges. The court in California said she is being held without bail conditions. | His wife Nancy, 54, has also pleaded not guilty to the same charges. The court in California said she is being held without bail conditions. |
Officials say Mr Garrido fathered Ms Dugard's two daughters, now 11 and 15. | Officials say Mr Garrido fathered Ms Dugard's two daughters, now 11 and 15. |
El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister said he had set Mr Garrido's bail at a high level because of the serious nature of the charges, the injuries to the victim and the fact that Mr Garrido was on parole at the time of the alleged crime. | |
Ms Dugard, now 29, had allegedly been kept as a prisoner since 1991 in a compound behind the Garrido home in Antioch, east of San Francisco. |
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