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Paul Henry, Observer staff reporter
Posted: 5/15/2009 1:22:10 PM
VIDEO evidence in the corruption case against Superintendent Harry ‘Bungles’ Daley can now be shown as evidence, following a ruling in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today.
Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey said the recordings had been properly secured and that there was no evidence on tampering.
"It has not been established that this (tampering) has happened in this case," Pusey said in her five-page ruling.
Nicknamed 'The Movies', the recordings had been the subject of dispute between the prosecution and defence.
The prosecution contended that the recordings, potentially damaging to the defence, should be shown as these was no evidence that they were doctored, while the defence fought to keep them out of the court. The defence insinuated that the recordings may have been tampered with by the police to paint Daley in a bad light.
Daley is facing a count of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act He is to face five other counts in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court when the Corporate Area matter is disposed of.
Daley, after reportedly being watched and recorded for some five months, was arrested in Kingston during a sting operation in which he allegedly accepted $15,000 in marked $1,000 notes from a businessman for protection against another man who wanted to extort him.
Posted: 5/15/2009 1:22:10 PM
VIDEO evidence in the corruption case against Superintendent Harry ‘Bungles’ Daley can now be shown as evidence, following a ruling in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court today.
Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey said the recordings had been properly secured and that there was no evidence on tampering.
"It has not been established that this (tampering) has happened in this case," Pusey said in her five-page ruling.
Nicknamed 'The Movies', the recordings had been the subject of dispute between the prosecution and defence.
The prosecution contended that the recordings, potentially damaging to the defence, should be shown as these was no evidence that they were doctored, while the defence fought to keep them out of the court. The defence insinuated that the recordings may have been tampered with by the police to paint Daley in a bad light.
Daley is facing a count of breaching the Corruption Prevention Act He is to face five other counts in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court when the Corporate Area matter is disposed of.
Daley, after reportedly being watched and recorded for some five months, was arrested in Kingston during a sting operation in which he allegedly accepted $15,000 in marked $1,000 notes from a businessman for protection against another man who wanted to extort him.