Ariel Castro Appears in Court Where He Pleads Not Guilty Despite ‘Confessing’ to Abductions and Rape

The man accused of imprisoning three women for about a decade in the US city of Cleveland has made his first court appearance.

Wearing a navy blue prison jumpsuit and with his head bowed throughout, Castro was arraigned on four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape this morning. He pleaded not guilty

Ariel Castro, 52, is charged with kidnap and rape. He did not enter a plea.

Bail was set at $8m (£5.1m), meaning in effect that he will remain in custody.

The women were abducted at different times and held in Mr Castro’s house. One of those held, Amanda Berry, 27, escaped on Monday and raised the alarm.

The other women freed soon afterwards were Gina DeJesus, 23, and Michelle Knight, 32.

Mr Castro, handcuffed and dressed in blue overalls, remained silent and looked down while lawyers spoke to the judge.

The three Castro brothers, from left Onil, Pedro and Ariel, appeared in court this morning on separate charges
The police detained two of Mr Castro’s brothers, Pedro and Onil, but later said they appeared to have no involvement in the crime.

They instead face misdemeanour charges of drinking in public. Onil Castro also faces an additional drug abuse charge.

Ariel Castro has put on suicide watch and will be kept in isolation, his court-appointed lawyer Kathleen DeMetz told reporters.

Police said the women could only remember being outside twice during their time in captivity, and were then only allowed into the garage.

Deputy police chief Ed Tomba said the women were not held in one room “but they...

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Abu Dhabi: A top government official says three Emiratis have been wrongly linked to a deadly bombing of a church in Tanzania contrary to newswire reports out of the African country.
A government source told Gulf News, “Authorities in the UAE have received confirmations through official channels that the investigations undertaken by security in Tanzania showed no connection between the three Emiratis in question and the bombing, which took place at a church in Arusha city during a mass service.”

The source said that “the UAE is following up with the three Emiratis through diplomatic channels ever since they were taken in for investigations at a police station close to the bombing site. The UAE embassy is awaiting their arrival as soon as the case is closed and they are released”.
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