By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
THE registrar general’s testimony continued on Friday in the criminal trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and five others.
Damian Gomez, KC, questioned Registrar General Camille Gomez-Jones about documents she entered into evidence.
Earlier last week, she submitted registration records of companies connected to the accused and conveyances of land Mr Gibson allegedly acquired between 2018 and 2020.
During cross-examination on Friday, Mrs Gomez Jones said she couldn’t remember if the documents she submitted had Gibson’s name.
Mr Gomez showed her a copy of Mr Gibson’s mortgage dated May 30, 2020, and told her that Mr Gibson had mortgaged his house to purchase property in Long Island.
Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Cordell Frazier, who served as prosecutor, objected to this line of questioning. In response, Justice Grant-Thompson questioned Mr Gomez about how the witness would know Mr Gibson’s private financial affairs.
Mrs Gomez-Jones agreed with Mr Gomez that not all mortgages need to be recorded.
Mr Gomez noted a conveyance showing charges from Mr Gibson’s mortgage and that he borrowed $93,030 on June 8, 2020.
He further said that the letter of acceptance for the Blue Hill Low-Level Tank project was dated June 23, 2020.
Mrs Gomez-Jones agreed with the attorney that the conveyances for Mr Gibson’s Venice Bay property date back to 2018, two years before the WSC issued the Blue Hill Tank Project.
She also agreed that between 2018 and June 2020, no payments were made to Baha Maintenance from WSC.
It was previously revealed that Elite Maintenance was incorporated in 2018, and Baha Maintenance was incorporated in 2020.
Although Mr Gomez told Mrs Gomez-Jones that the property purchased by Mr Gibson prior to June 2020 had nothing to do with payment made to WSC up to that point, she said she could not speak to that.
He further suggested that none of Mr Gibson’s property purchases had anything to do with WSC contracts issued after June 2020.
He also suggested that none of the property Mr Gibson purchased had anything to do with payments received from WSC to Elite Maintenance or Baha Maintenance and that the Venice Bay transaction involved a gift from Dr Rooseveit Whyms.
In response to all these suggestions, Mrs Gomez-Jones said she did not know about Mr Gibson’s personal finances or contractual dealings.
During questioning from Mrs Frazier, Mrs Gomez-Jones confirmed that landscaping contract cheques from the WSC pre-date the purchase of property by Mr Gibson and that the conveyances shown in court are less than the total payments made.
She also said Leonardo Gibson and Rashae Gibson own property in Venice Bay through a holding company.
Adrian Gibson is facing charges concerning his tenure as WSC executive chairman under the Minnis administration.
The charges stem from Mr Gibson’s alleged failure to declare his interest in contracts awarded by the WSC.
The FNM politician is charged with Mr Elwood Donaldson, Jr, former WSC’s general manager, Rashae Gibson, his cousin, Joan Knowles, Peaches Farquharson and Jerome Missick.
Alongside Mr Gomez, KC, Murrio Ducille, KC, Bryan Bastian, Ryan Eve, Raphael Moxey, Christina Galanos, Ian Cargill and Donald Saunders represent the defendants.
In addition to Mrs Frazier, the Crown’s lawyers include Cashena Thompson, Karine MacVean and Rashied Edgecombe.
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