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Robertson’s witness on murder charge
Article Published: Saturday, November 27th, 2010
Minister of Mining and Energy James Robertson
Kayon Campbell, the man who the Minister of Mining and Energy James Robertson paraded at the Jamaica Labour Party annual conference last week, is on bail on charges of conspiracy to murder Ian Johnson, the JLP activist who is seeking asylum in the United States after making damning allegations against the minister.
Campbell, the police confirmed, was held on an alleged credit card fraud charge but was later released. His trial for alleged conspiracy to kill Johnson will continue next March. In his sworn statement Johnson charged that following the second attempt on his life, Robertson visited his home and handed him a piece of paper with Campbell’s name and a man known as Guns on it.
Johnson said Robertson told him not to pay any attention to Campbell, “but he pointed at Guns and said, “If I killed this man for him all my problems that have been happening, the three attempts on my life and everything else that took place in my life would go away immediately.”
Fresh allegations emerged in statements reportedly made to the Federal Bureau of Investigations agents last week that Gary Foster, an American citizen and former People’s National Party caretaker who Johnson alleges was marked for assassination, stated that JLP gangsters shot him at in 2009 and that on at least on two occasions his life was in serious peril. Foster is cooperating with US Law Enforcement.
There are also allegations that bodies were buried in unmarked graves in Pamphret in St Thomas. Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green said the police were not aware of this report but it would be investigated.
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Article Published: Saturday, November 27th, 2010
Kayon Campbell, the man who the Minister of Mining and Energy James Robertson paraded at the Jamaica Labour Party annual conference last week, is on bail on charges of conspiracy to murder Ian Johnson, the JLP activist who is seeking asylum in the United States after making damning allegations against the minister.
Campbell, the police confirmed, was held on an alleged credit card fraud charge but was later released. His trial for alleged conspiracy to kill Johnson will continue next March. In his sworn statement Johnson charged that following the second attempt on his life, Robertson visited his home and handed him a piece of paper with Campbell’s name and a man known as Guns on it.
Johnson said Robertson told him not to pay any attention to Campbell, “but he pointed at Guns and said, “If I killed this man for him all my problems that have been happening, the three attempts on my life and everything else that took place in my life would go away immediately.”
Fresh allegations emerged in statements reportedly made to the Federal Bureau of Investigations agents last week that Gary Foster, an American citizen and former People’s National Party caretaker who Johnson alleges was marked for assassination, stated that JLP gangsters shot him at in 2009 and that on at least on two occasions his life was in serious peril. Foster is cooperating with US Law Enforcement.
There are also allegations that bodies were buried in unmarked graves in Pamphret in St Thomas. Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green said the police were not aware of this report but it would be investigated.
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3 Responses to “Robertson’s witness on murder charge”
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Pease says:
November 28, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Cause for concern Sir Les, Green. What have U been doing???
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andrew barnett says:
November 28, 2010 at 1:08 pm
I thought this man Campbell was supposed to be as law-abiding and clean as the minister himself. Mr. Minister, go for another clean man and present him on stage. JR this is getting sticky. By the way, Dudus returns to court this week. Are you worried?
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Jay says:
November 28, 2010 at 9:10 am
The Herald is spot on with this one and I found it strange that no one esle picked up the story that Treasure was on a murder charge.
You should see the three story house where this guy lives which happens to be on a captured land and a place called prospect which is about 5 miles to the East of Morant bay.
Not to mention the white Range Rover which was recently acquired for the tidy sum of $xxm.
Incidentally both Treasure and Ian were very close and I mean very very close, if you know what I mean.
Keep digging there is a lot of dirt out there.
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