Former state minister Leslie Campbell found guilty of breaching IC Act

Former Senator and junior foreign minister Leslie Campbell has been found guilty of breaches of the Integrity Commission (IC) Act.

The verdict was handed down by Parish Court Judge Paula Blake Powell in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday.

Campbell is to return to court on April 4.

The former Government senator was charged last year with breaches of the Parliament (Integrity of Members) Act and the Integrity Commission Act, following a recommendation from the IC's director of corruption prosecution, Keisha Prince-Kameka.

Campbell, however, accused the IC of misplacing some of the information for which the commission had charged him for failing to provide.

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In an investigation report released in June 2023, Director of Investigation Kevon Stephenson said the anti-corruption agency made 39 written requests for Campbell to provide information between 2016 and 2020.

However, Stephenson said the former lawmaker, from the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, only partially complied with the requests.

The anti-corruption agency had reported Campbell to the leadership of Parliament on February 20, 2017, for non-compliance with the requests.

Campbell, who had requested an urgent review of the decision, contended that he was being asked to submit the surrender value for an insurance policy, Guardian Life Care Plus, which has no surrender value.

Campbell resigned from the Senate last year.

The IC's report was released in June last year.

The Integrity Commission is the sole anti-corruption watchdog for public officials in Jamaica.

- Livern Barrett