Former senator and state minister Leslie Campbell
By Racquel Porter
The case involving former state minister of foreign affairs Leslie Campbell, who is charged with failing to provide information relating to his statutory declarations, was again mentioned in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court.
Following the tabling of an Integrity Commission report in Parliament in June, the anti-corruption body's Director of Corruption Prosecution, Keisha Prince-Kameka, recommended that Mr. Campbell be charged.
When the matter was mentioned Thursday afternoon, Mr. Campbell's attorney Matthew Hyatt apologised for his client's absence and asked the judge to stay the warrant until October 31.
Mr. Campbell is accused of breaching Section 43 1-b of the Integrity Commission Act.
The Integrity Commission says Mr. Campbell filed statutory declarations but did not provide additional information that had been requested.
Responding to the report, Mr. Campbell said he is requesting an urgent review of the decision.
He says the commission continues to request the surrender value for an insurance policy, Guardian Life Care Plus, which has no surrender value.
In the Commission's report, the Director of Investigations said 39 requests were issued in writing between 2016 and 2020 for Mr. Campbell to provide certain information, but the former lawmaker only partially complied with the requests.
The Commission said the outstanding information includes the surrender value for two life insurance policies and the account balance linked to a bank loan.
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