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Leys Takes Pounding On First Day Of Enquiry
Published: Tuesday | January 18, 20110
Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer
The names of Solicitor General Douglas Leys and attorney Harold Brady took centre stage on a fascinating first day of the Manatt-Dudus Enquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
During an intriguingly eye-opening presentation, the commission was given a blow-by-blow account of a disagreement between Ambassador Evadne Coye, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leys.
Coye, the only witness who presented verbal evidence yesterday, revealed that as Jamaica and the United States (US) wrestled over the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, a delegation comprising her, Leys, and Deputy Solicitor General Lackston Robinson was sent abroad to meet with US officials.
Coye revealed how she took Leys to task when he included an American, unknown to her, in the Jamaica delegation to meet with US officials in Washington.
She said she flatly told Leys that they were not authorised to increase the size of the delegation.
Protestations dismissed
But Coye said her protestations were firmly dismissed by Leys, who told her that "his minister (Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne) knows about it".
"I then terminated the conversation," Coye said.
She also recalled how she ended up in the offices of US law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, at the direction of Leys, without knowing where she was.
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Published: Tuesday | January 18, 20110
Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer
The names of Solicitor General Douglas Leys and attorney Harold Brady took centre stage on a fascinating first day of the Manatt-Dudus Enquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
During an intriguingly eye-opening presentation, the commission was given a blow-by-blow account of a disagreement between Ambassador Evadne Coye, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Leys.
Coye, the only witness who presented verbal evidence yesterday, revealed that as Jamaica and the United States (US) wrestled over the extradition request for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, a delegation comprising her, Leys, and Deputy Solicitor General Lackston Robinson was sent abroad to meet with US officials.
Coye revealed how she took Leys to task when he included an American, unknown to her, in the Jamaica delegation to meet with US officials in Washington.
She said she flatly told Leys that they were not authorised to increase the size of the delegation.
Protestations dismissed
But Coye said her protestations were firmly dismissed by Leys, who told her that "his minister (Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne) knows about it".
"I then terminated the conversation," Coye said.
She also recalled how she ended up in the offices of US law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, at the direction of Leys, without knowing where she was.
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