STEVE McCalla, the man accused of robbing two Life of Jamaica sales agents in March, with the aid of two young women, was refused bail in the Home Circuit Court on Friday.

During his bail application, McCalla, who now represents himself, after parting company with his attorney last month, told Justice Paulette Williams that the evidence against him was hearsay and also that he never faced an identification parade when he and his two co-accused were arrested on March 23 this year.

He added that a pending DNA report would be of no value to the prosecution. His application was, however, denied by Williams who told him that he could make another bail application when the DNA report, along with a telephone analysis was ready.

McCalla and his co-accused – Crystal Lewis and Tashana Broomfield, both 18, – are to return to court on January 26. The two women are on bail.

The accused are facing robbery with aggravation and conspiracy charges for allegedly luring the female agents to an apartment at Seymour Avenue, Kingston 5, under the pretence that McCalla would be purchasing life insurance for a daughter, a student of the University of the West Indies.

It was alleged that when the agents arrived at different times of the day they were allegedly attacked by McCalla, who blindfolded, gagged and bound them, before taking their cellular phones and other documents.