Beatrice, the wife of former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate , Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, got some relief as she has finally been granted bail.
Her husband was however, denied bail.
The couple are accused of plotting to traffic a homeless man into the UK to harvest a kidney for their ailing daughter.
Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, together with her husband Ike Ekweremadu, 60, allegedly trafficked the 21-year-old to London from the streets of Lagos with intent of harvesting his organ.
A lawyer and former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, and Beatrice, an accountant, appeared before the Old Bailey last Friday for a bail hearing.
The Common Serjeant of London, judge Richard Marks, said: ‘The position is that I have granted bail to Beatrice subject to some fairly stringent conditions but I have refused bail to Ike.’
Prosecutors are not appealing the decision, the court heard.
Prosecutor Tim Probert-Wood said previously that the case involved ‘exploitation and the harvesting of an organ.’
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