Former JCA president convicted of perjuryA former president of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) has been convicted of perjury, after lying at a bail hearing for her son.
Valarie Steele was reportedly caught on police wiretaps voicing frustration about her son Richard, a drug dealer, who was arrested for cocaine possession in April 2006 and who was also on bail for another charge.
According to Globe and Mail reports, Richard was involved in the homicide investigation that followed the 2005 shooting death of Toronto teenager, Jane Creba. His mother, who was acting as his surety, reportedly lied that he was complying with bail conditions.
Ontario Court Judge Brent Knazan ruled that Steele's court testimony was false. She will be sentenced on September 24.
Richard Steele, 20, was convicted last year on gun and drug-related charges and sentenced to a 21-month prison term.
Trial for Kameka murder delayed
The four charged with the murder of of Assistant Commissioner of Police Gilbert Kameka will be tried on November 5 in the Home Circuit Court.
A trial date could not be set before because 18-year-old Tina Gaye McGowan of Mount Industry, St Andrew, did not have a lawyer to represent her. The court was told yesterday that attorney-at-law Michael Lorne had since been assigned.
The others accused are 26-year-old Massimassa Adams of Industry Village, 18-year-old Kemar Dawson of Standpipe, and 21-year-old Rohan Townsend of Irish Town,all in St Andrew.
Forty-eight-year-old Kameka was shot in Irish Town on November 29 last year, in an alleged robbery at a house.
Gruesome deathin Bounty Hall
Cherika Gordon of Bounty Hall in Trelawny was found dead near her home at 8:30 yesterday morning.
Police reports are that the deceased was left at home with her younger siblings while her mother went to work.
On the return of her mother, Gordon was absent. A subsequent search turned up pieces of her clothing, and later, her nude body was discovered.
Unconfirmed reports are that she might have been abducted, as muddy footprints were found inside the house.
It is also believed that she was strangled and stabbed multiple times.
Contractor general's 2007 report out
The 2007 Contractor General's report has been submitted to Parliament. One-hundred-and-ten copies of the report were formally submitted Wednesday, by Contractor General Greg Christie, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate, in the care of the Clerk to the Houses, Heather E. Cooke.
Section 28 (3) of the Contractor General Act requires that the report be tabled in both houses of Parliament "as soon as possible".
The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) expects that this will be done when the Parliament reconvenes its sittings, following the summer recess.
Immediately after the report is tabled, the OCG will send hard copies to public officials, state agencies, the media and other stakeholders.
The full report will also be published by the OCG on its official website at www.ocg.gov.jm.
