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time say you must go collect cheque at some point too, she did tell
you that?
A: No, when I go down there and signed the contract she told me
that whenever...
Q: She who?
A: Miss Smith. Whenever time the cheque is ready, I have to go for
it, sign and collect it and change it.
Q: Now, at any time, then or now, did you think that that was
something illegal, sir?
A: Well, yes, something like that because she just ask me to go
down there, because I was in Claremont. I was in Claremont going
home and the rain was falling and she asked me and I said I was
going home now and she said all right the person is in Kingston,
so fe me can go down there and do it for her, I said, okay, I will
just go down there and do that for you.
Q: You never ask her why she nuh go sign it?
A: No, mi never ask her.
The reason why I never ask her is
because I know plenty of that going on in the constituency, is not
me alone, more people go down there and do those things.
Q: So when you do it, you just doing her a favour or you doing it to
get a little money from it. What was the reason for doing it for her?
A:
Doing it as a favour for she, not to collect, for she.”
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A copy of the contract which was entered into between the St. Ann Parish Council and Mr. Blyden Brown in the
amount of $285,000.00 was shown to Mr. Brown, where he identified his signature. The following statements
were also made by Mr. Brown as it regards the manner in which the contract was issued to him:
“Q: Now I am going to show you a copy of a document and you
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Transcript of hearing involving Mr. Blyden Brown dated September 28, 2015 pgs.10-12.