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answer to Mr. Braham Q.C., Mr. Golding said that he had no knowledge of the
circumstances under which the documents came to be at Coke’s offices.
12.27.
But Mr. Golding further said –
“I am not sure what documents were found but documents
relating to Mr. Coke’s indictment were universally available.
They were posted on the website of the Southern District
Court of New York two days after the extradition request
was received. I myself became aware of that listening to a
radio station quoting from the documents and indicating
how they had sourced it. I went on the website myself and
the documents were there to be downloaded.”
FINDINGS
12.28.
We were told by Ms. Martin, Counsel for the JCF, that
copies of the papers to which Lt. Col. Cummings had referred, could not
be found. However, the papers had been delivered to
Det. Insp. Harrison who had since emigrated after resigning from the
JCF. Det. Insp. Harrison did not give evidence to the Enquiry nor did
she supply an affidavit.
12.29.
Nevertheless, we find that a set of papers relevant to the
extradition of Coke was found by the JDF at his offices at the
Presidential Click. The JDF conducted searches at the Presidential Click
on 26 May, the day after police officers of the OCID had carried out
searches. We believe that the personnel of OCID left behind the
documents which the Engineers found and subsequently handed them
over to Insp. Harrison of the JCF. We find that those documents found
by the Engineers related to the extradition request although we are
unable to identify each document specifically. In the absence of
evidence from Coke himself, it is impossible to determine the purposes
for which he had the documents or how he received them.