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Man pleads guilty to posting fake social media bribery claim about candidate

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  Feb 11, CMC -A 27-year-old man has been released on BDS$5,000 (One BDS$=US$0.50 cents) bail  after he pleaded guilty to posting on social media a video claiming that he had received money from a candidate of the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) ahead of Wednesday’s general election.

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