Five suspects who were arrested over assaulting a salon manager to death in Slave Island this month have been remanded until September 2 by the Fort Magistrate's court.
Court instructed prisons officials to produce the suspects for an identification parade during the next hearing although it was expected to be held today.
The suspects have been accused of assaulting the manager during an argument when the schoolboys had cast certain remarks on a woman whom he had been travelling with.
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