A George Town man is expected to stand trial on charges of jury tampering, after prosecutors say he tried to arrange the acquittal of two men who were convicted in a football fraud trial.
The defendant, Allen Kennedy Ebanks, appeared before the Grand Court on Friday, 12 April, during which he entered a not guilty plea to a charge of attempting to defeat the course of justice.
Sometime between 1 Sept. 2022 and 26 Oct. 2022 Ebanks, 62, is alleged to have called a member of the jury in the trial of Canover Watson and Bruce Blake, asking him to convince the other jurors to enter not guilty pleas on all counts.
Disgraced CIFA executives Watson and Blake were eventually convicted and sentenced to eight and two years, respectively, in prison.
In the current case, Ebanks’ attorney, Richard Barton, noted, “It is a single complainant, and 10 hours of CCTV footage,” so it was anticipated the trial will last five days.
Ebanks was released, on the condition that he reside at a specific George Town address, surrender his passport and make no contact with the prosecution witnesses.
He returns for trial on 2 July.
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