Following his failed attempt to have corruption charges dropped against him, West Portland Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz is to stand trial on February 16, next year. The trial date was set this morning when he appeared before the Corporate Area Criminal Court.
Mr Vaz was charged in April 2012 following allegations that he conspired with former Senior Superintendent James Forbes and Tankweld boss, Bruce Bicknell, to quash a bribery charge against Mr Bicknell.
Prosecutors alleged that Mr Vaz approached the arresting officer, Sergeant Jubert Llewellyn, and promised him "gold bars"...a code word for a promotion, if he withdrew the charge against Mr Bicknell.
In July, Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, withdrew the bribery charge against Mr Bicknell. She argued that it would have been difficult to mount a successful case against him.
She however declared that she would be pursuing the case against Mr Vaz, whose attorneys had written to her applying for the charges to be withdrawn against him.
SSP Forbes was convicted and fined 800-thousand dollars for his role in the conspiracy.
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