Verdicts in the long-running Turks & Caicos corruption trial -Andrew Mitchell KC leads the Prosecution

As reported in the TCI Sun

FLOYD HALL, CLAYTON GREENE TO BE SENTENCED OCTOBER 10

By Hayden Boyce - Publisher & Editor-in-Chief (Mon, Sep 25, 2023)

Former Deputy Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands Floyd Hall and former Speaker of the House of Assembly Clayton Greene will be sentenced by Chief Justice Her Ladyship Mabel Agyemang on October 10th, 2023.

The Chief Justice, on Monday, September 25th, 2023, found Hall guilty of bribery, and Greene guilty of the money laundering offence of concealing or disguising proceeds of criminal conduct.

The Chief Justice increased Greene’s bail from $175,00 to $300,000. Norman W. Hamilton continues as his surety. She granted Hall limited bail until Tuesday, September 26th because his surety Ervine Quelch was not in court.

Lead prosecutor King’s Counsel Andrew Mitchell did not object to bail, saying that the issue of bail following conviction “is entirely a matter for the court”.

The offence for which Hall was convicted is that between August 1, 2003, and August 31, 2009, he accepted inducements directly or indirectly from Richard Padgett and related and connected entities by unlawful corrupt payments or other rewards (in the form of cash, credit, entertainment and other advantages), whilst serving as a minister of the Crown in the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands so that he would act in a way that was contrary to the ordinary rules of honesty and integrity expected of ministers of the Crown.

In relation to Greene’s conviction for concealing or disguising the proceeds of criminal conduct, the court found that between January 1, 2006, and August 31, 2009, he concealed or disguised the proceeds of criminal conduct knowing or having reasonable grounds for suspecting it to represent in whole or in part directly or indirectly the proceeds of criminal conduct committed by Floyd Basil Hall, with a view to avoiding the making or enforcement of a confiscation order or avoiding prosecution for unlawful conduct.

The other two accused, Jeffrey Hall and Melbourne Wilson, were found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud. They were charged with conspiring with others between January 1, 2004, and June 30, 2006, to defraud the Crown, the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and/or the Belongers, by arranging the transfer of Crown land at North West Point on terms that were contrary to the economic interests of the Crown, the said Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and/or the said Belongers.