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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : DPP Head Paula Llewe... ( Gleaner )...</span>
Three of the key players in the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition Affair appeared before the Commission of Enquiry looking into the events surrounding the extradition when the hearings resumed this morning. However, all three -- Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Paula Llewellyn; former police commissioner, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin; and attorney at law Harold Brady -- left without giving a statement. Llewellyn told the Commission that her statement will be submitted next week and she will be available to give evidence on January 31. While Llewellyn and Lewin indicated that their statements will be submitted shortly, Brady, through his attorney, filed an affidavit setting out the grounds on which he was refusing to give evidence. The Commission which has been thrown into chaos by the absence of statements from several key witnesses has agreed to examine the affidavit and has indicated that it will respond to the objection on Monday. Brady is claiming that he cannot assist the Commission because the information in his possession is covered by attorney/client privilege. Rear Admiral Lewin, through his attorney, Linton Gordon told the Commission that he requires certain documents in order to re-construct the sequence of events he will give evidence about. He,however,gave an assurance that the statement will be submitted on or before January 31 and that the former police commissioner was prepared to appear as a witness on February 3. This assurance provoked an exchange between Gordon and Chairman of the Commission, Emil George. The Commission also heard evidence from Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Evadne Coye who was cross-examined by attorneys for Solicitor General, Douglas Leys. Director of the Diaspora and Counsellor Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry Herman Lamont is now before the Commission.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : DPP Head Paula Llewe... ( Gleaner )...</span>
Three of the key players in the Christopher 'Dudus' Coke extradition Affair appeared before the Commission of Enquiry looking into the events surrounding the extradition when the hearings resumed this morning. However, all three -- Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Paula Llewellyn; former police commissioner, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin; and attorney at law Harold Brady -- left without giving a statement. Llewellyn told the Commission that her statement will be submitted next week and she will be available to give evidence on January 31. While Llewellyn and Lewin indicated that their statements will be submitted shortly, Brady, through his attorney, filed an affidavit setting out the grounds on which he was refusing to give evidence. The Commission which has been thrown into chaos by the absence of statements from several key witnesses has agreed to examine the affidavit and has indicated that it will respond to the objection on Monday. Brady is claiming that he cannot assist the Commission because the information in his possession is covered by attorney/client privilege. Rear Admiral Lewin, through his attorney, Linton Gordon told the Commission that he requires certain documents in order to re-construct the sequence of events he will give evidence about. He,however,gave an assurance that the statement will be submitted on or before January 31 and that the former police commissioner was prepared to appear as a witness on February 3. This assurance provoked an exchange between Gordon and Chairman of the Commission, Emil George. The Commission also heard evidence from Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Evadne Coye who was cross-examined by attorneys for Solicitor General, Douglas Leys. Director of the Diaspora and Counsellor Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry Herman Lamont is now before the Commission.