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According to Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne, the anonymous police officer broke the law by sharing information gathered in wire-taps placed on Christopher Coke's phone calls.
She says the Jamaican government is therefore demanding that the U.S. government disclose his name so that he can be charged and tried for the offence.
Furthermore, if the unnamed policeman is in the United States, Jamaica
is demanding that he be sent back here for prosecution.
This intriguing twist in the extradition dispute between Jamaica and the United States forms a crucial element of the affidavit filed by the Attorney General in her action in the Supreme Court.
She is seeking a declaration in the court regarding her authority to authorise the commencement of the extradition process with respect to Christopher Coke.
Who is John Doe?
On February 2, 2007 the Supreme Court issued a warrant to intercept calls made by or to Christopher Coke on a particular telephone number.
Under the Interception of Communications Act the information gathered by this means was to be disclosed only to the Commissioner of Police, a Superintendent of Police and the Head of the Military Intelligence Unit of the Jamaica Defence Force.
An unidentified police constable, named as "John Doe", is cited by the US in its request for Coke's extradition as being the officer who confirmed the legitimacy of the information which it used to support its request for Coke's extradition.
The Jamaican government has so far refused to allow the extradition hearing to proceed through the courts, arguing that the information furnished in support of the request was obtained illegally.
Furthermore, the Jamaican government is seeking to turn the tables
on the Americans and is demanding that if the unnamed officer is now in the United States he should be extradited to Jamaica for trial here.
If the police officer is prosecuted in Jamaica and found guilty he could be imprisoned for up to three years and/ or fined as much as three million dollars.
At the heart of the dispute is the American charge that Christopher Coke conspired to distribute one thousand kilogrammes of various drugs and also conspired to traffic in firearms without a licence.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding last week challenged the United States to do more to assist Jamaica in its ongoing efforts to stem the flow of illegal guns into the country.
Last year more than 16 hundred Jamaicans were murdered, mostly through the use of guns.
So far this year more than five hundred have been similarly murdered.
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She says the Jamaican government is therefore demanding that the U.S. government disclose his name so that he can be charged and tried for the offence.
Furthermore, if the unnamed policeman is in the United States, Jamaica
is demanding that he be sent back here for prosecution.
This intriguing twist in the extradition dispute between Jamaica and the United States forms a crucial element of the affidavit filed by the Attorney General in her action in the Supreme Court.
She is seeking a declaration in the court regarding her authority to authorise the commencement of the extradition process with respect to Christopher Coke.
Who is John Doe?
On February 2, 2007 the Supreme Court issued a warrant to intercept calls made by or to Christopher Coke on a particular telephone number.
Under the Interception of Communications Act the information gathered by this means was to be disclosed only to the Commissioner of Police, a Superintendent of Police and the Head of the Military Intelligence Unit of the Jamaica Defence Force.
An unidentified police constable, named as "John Doe", is cited by the US in its request for Coke's extradition as being the officer who confirmed the legitimacy of the information which it used to support its request for Coke's extradition.
The Jamaican government has so far refused to allow the extradition hearing to proceed through the courts, arguing that the information furnished in support of the request was obtained illegally.
Furthermore, the Jamaican government is seeking to turn the tables
on the Americans and is demanding that if the unnamed officer is now in the United States he should be extradited to Jamaica for trial here.
If the police officer is prosecuted in Jamaica and found guilty he could be imprisoned for up to three years and/ or fined as much as three million dollars.
At the heart of the dispute is the American charge that Christopher Coke conspired to distribute one thousand kilogrammes of various drugs and also conspired to traffic in firearms without a licence.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding last week challenged the United States to do more to assist Jamaica in its ongoing efforts to stem the flow of illegal guns into the country.
Last year more than 16 hundred Jamaicans were murdered, mostly through the use of guns.
So far this year more than five hundred have been similarly murdered.
http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/26955/26/
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