Two of three people accused of planning and carrying out a murder in Bay Roberts have now been released on bail.

Forty-one-year-old Matthew Kavanagh was freed yesterday after a hearing at Supreme Court in St. John’s.

That follows the release last week of 28-year-old co-accused Stephanie Noftall.

Both are from Harbour Grace and face charges of first-degree murder and interfering with a dead body.

A third person, 34-year-old Terry Cole of Carbonear, faces the same charges and remains in custody.

The victim, a 42-year-old man from Spaniard’s Bay, was found last Sept. 30th in a pickup that was set on fire on Country Road in Bay Roberts. The suspects were arrested five days later at a house in Harbour Grace.

Eight days have been set aside for the preliminary inquiry in the case, scheduled for August 11th-20th.

Cole and Noftall face additional, unrelated charges of theft, impaired driving, dangerous driving, flight from police, and possessing property obtained by crime.