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Defence attorneys for former State Minister for Energy Kern Spencer have reportedly armed themselves with arguments to fire against the prosecutor's key witness Rodney Chin at his trial which is slated to begin on Monday.
The lawyers have obtained a list which revealed that Mr. Chin's company Chin Construction was awarded government contracts valued at more than $200 million.
The list for 2008 reportedly showed that Mr. Chin's company got five contracts valued at between $20 million and $71 million.
The contracts were to carry out post-Tropical Gustav repair works on gullies across the Corporate Area.
Mr. Spencer's attorneys claim that the contracts were awarded to Mr. Chin, one week after he decided to testify against the former Junior Energy Minister.
This they claim was the incentive which led him to strike a deal with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Cuban Lightbulb case.
Mr. Spencer's attorneys are up in arms with DPP Paula Llewellyn over her decision to strike a deal with Mr. Chin.
The defence contends that the DPP should withdraw herself from the case as she could be called as a "potential witness" because of the cloud surrounding the plea deal.
In a statement which was made public on Tuesday, Mr. Chin told investigators that he formed four dummy companies for Mr. Spencer as part of the light bulb fraud.
However, he contends that he did not benefit from the racket.
Mr. Spencer and his former Executive Assistant Colleen Wright are expected to go on trial on Monday.
The lawyers have obtained a list which revealed that Mr. Chin's company Chin Construction was awarded government contracts valued at more than $200 million.
The list for 2008 reportedly showed that Mr. Chin's company got five contracts valued at between $20 million and $71 million.
The contracts were to carry out post-Tropical Gustav repair works on gullies across the Corporate Area.
Mr. Spencer's attorneys claim that the contracts were awarded to Mr. Chin, one week after he decided to testify against the former Junior Energy Minister.
This they claim was the incentive which led him to strike a deal with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the Cuban Lightbulb case.
Mr. Spencer's attorneys are up in arms with DPP Paula Llewellyn over her decision to strike a deal with Mr. Chin.
The defence contends that the DPP should withdraw herself from the case as she could be called as a "potential witness" because of the cloud surrounding the plea deal.
In a statement which was made public on Tuesday, Mr. Chin told investigators that he formed four dummy companies for Mr. Spencer as part of the light bulb fraud.
However, he contends that he did not benefit from the racket.
Mr. Spencer and his former Executive Assistant Colleen Wright are expected to go on trial on Monday.
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