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Verdict in the Harry Daley corruption case for November 18
Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey is to hand down the verdict in the Superintendent Harry Daley corruption case on November 18.
Daley is charged with breaching the Corruption Prevention Act.
Today the Resident Magistrate heard addresses from defence lawyers after the defence closed its case having called one more witness.
The senior cop is accused of collecting protection money from the complainant, Tafari Clarke.
He was held during a sting operation in Kingston in July 2008.
On Monday Dwayne Lennon, the complainant's cousin testified in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.
He was recalled today because the defence lawyers argued that they were not given the chance to fully question him.
Defence attorney Valerie Neita- Robertson in imploring the RM to return a not guilty verdict, argued that the prosecution had not proven that there was extortion.
She also said the prosecution presented no evidence of a threat or any similar behaviour being done by the accused Daley.
Mrs Neita- Robertson said there was no basis for the assertion or inference that the money paid to Tafari Clarke was extortion or protection money.
She said Daley's defence that the money was for the repayment of a loan, had not been challenged.
In response to the defence's submission, Deputy Director of Prosecutions, Dirk Harrison, said the prosecution had put forward a case dubbed the trial of the quintessential corrupt cop.
He said the accused, being a public servant, corruptly accepted $15,000 from the complainant for doing an act in the performance of his public function.
That act was to offer protection to Clarke and his premises, which were under threat.
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