By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A WATER and Sewerage Corporation technical officer told the court yesterday he photographed welding and grinding work on WSC water tanks in 2021, as the trial of former WSC executive chairman Adrian Gibson continued.
Donathan Whylly gave evidence before Senior Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson.
Questioned by defence attorney Damian Gomez, KC, Mr Whylly said he took pictures of water tanks on which the WSC had awarded contracts for work.
The court has previously heard allegations that Gibson failed to disclose that he was the beneficial owner of companies awarded those contracts while he was the WSC’s executive chairman.
Mr Whylly said he photographed the Windsor tank project before and during the work. He said he saw a grinding machine in use and welding being done there.
Pictures of the Windsor tank were shown in court, along with photographs Mr Whylly took of the Baillou Hill low-water tanks and the work done there, including welding and the application of primer.
Mr Whylly told Mr Gomez he may have obtained the names of the people working on the tanks.
The defence opened its case earlier this month. Prosecutors recently withdrew 18 charges against Gibson, all counts of receiving, and dropped the case against one co-accused entirely. Gibson still faces 41 charges, including bribery and money laundering.
The case centres on allegations that contracts awarded during Gibson’s tenure at the WSC benefited companies linked to him and his associates. He is on trial alongside former WSC general manager Elwood Donaldson Jr, Joan Knowles and Jerome Missick. All have denied wrongdoing.
Gibson pleaded not guilty in 2022. Jurors were selected in May 2023, and the trial has been under way since November 2023.
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