Marcella Bernardo | Email news tips to Marcella
6/29/2010
The corruption trial of three former BC government workers resumes tomorrow, with the jury hearing evidence again after nearly a two-week break.
Since the cross-examination of the first witness was halted June 17th, the judge has heard a series of legal arguments from the crown and defence, in the absence of the jury.
Ddetails are protected by a publication ban, but BC Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Anne MacKenzie made her ruling this morning.
That means the testimony of Premier Gordon Campbell's chief of staff, Martyn Brown, can resume tomorrow.
The jury was dismissed right after he was asked if he knew the RCMP's lead investigator in this case was the brother-in-law of a senior BC Liberal Party executive.
Former ministerial aides Bob Virk and Dave Basi are accused of accepting bribes in exchange for confidential information about the 2003 sale of BC Rail.
Basi's cousin, Aneal, is accused of laundering money for Dave.
|