NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A High Court judge will on Monday next week deliver her ruling in the constitutional motion filed by the former executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) and current opposition legislators, Adrian Gibson, who, along with several other people has been charged with several offenses including money laundering and fraud.
Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson Grant-Thompson had tentatively set Thursday for the delivery of the ruling but has now scheduled it for Monday at 9:30 a.m.
She is to rule on whether or not Gibson’s constitutional right to a fair trial has been breached by an alleged failure by the prosecution to provide “full disclosure.”
In addition, the High Court is to decide whether Gibson’s former fiancée, Alexandria Mackey, who has been granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony, will do so remotely or in person.
Gibson and former WSC general manager Elwood Donaldson, Jr, Rashae Gibson, Gibson’s cousin, Joan Knowles, Peaches Farquharson, and Jerome Missick face 98 charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, fraud, receiving, and money laundering.
They have denied the allegations.
In June 2022, Gibson, the Parliament for Long Island member, was charged with 96 counts that stemmed from alleged misconduct while serving as the WSC executive chairman.
Prosecutors allege that Gibson illegally received over US$1.25 million from contracts awarded by the corporation during his tenure as chairman.
In September last year, Gibson’s attorney, Murrio Ducille, KC, asked Justice Grant-Thompson to step down from the case because her late husband, Peter Bethell, was a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet minister.
Justice Grant-Thompson rejected the recusal application, noting that her late husband died in 2000, and she had since remarried.
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