| Corruption cases on hold, Interpol notice for Kinay | | Print | |
| Written by Richard Green/richard@fptci.com | |||
| Thursday, 12 July 2012 09:25 | |||
 Criminal charges against former government ministers and others are on hold until November because some defendants haven’t gotten lawyers to be paid by the government. Since being held over for trial since February, some of those charged have been awaiting a decision by the court registrar to approve legal aid and to set rates for their defense lawyers. This apparently has been delayed because the registrar has been away for medical reasons. At a hearing July 11, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Paul Harrison gave the deputy registrar two weeks to sort out the legal aid matters and postponed the plea and directions hearing until the week of Nov. 12. He noted that the normal rates might be raised to match those approved in the U.K. for the lengthy, complicated cases. Special Investigation and Prosecution Team attorney Andrew Mitchell told Harrison that some of the defendants will have the opportunity to plead guilty at the hearing in November instead of going to trial, and that should not happen until they have proper legal representation. Mitchell also said that the team will be seeking to try former Premier Michael Misick and Dellis Cay developer Dr. Cem Kinay in their absence if they do not appear to face charges. Misick has been subject of an Interpol notice but is seeking political asylum in an unnamed country, but this was the first time it has been revealed that Kinay also is being sought for prosecution. SIPT investigators have been questioning people with knowledge of the Dellis Cay project, and the Civil Recovery Team recently took back Joe Grant Cay from Kinay because he paid Misick $500,000 just before that Crown land was sold to Kinay’s companies for $7.7 million, a fraction of its appraised value. Kinay has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Other matters to come before the judge in November include potential requests to have separate trials for some defendants and whether to televise the trial from court facilities in the old Myrtle Rigby clinic across from the Providenciales courthouse. Appearing in court on various corruption charges were five former government ministers: Floyd Hall, Jeffery Hall, Lillian Boyce, Samuel Been and McAllister Hanchell. Also appearing were Floyd Hall’s wife Lisa and brother Quentin; Boyce’s brother Earlson Robinson; lawyers Chal Misick, Clayton Greene and Melbourne Wilson; and developer Richard Padgett. Photo: Dr. Cem Kinay
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