POLITICAL Ombudsman Bishop Herro Blair has written to Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall, seeking a pardon for convicted policeman Carey Lyn-Sue.

Lyn-Sue in January of this year admitted to fabricating evidence in seeking to get the conviction of a Montego Bay man in a murder case. However, despite his conviction he was slapped with a six-month prison sentence by Senior Resident Magistrate for St James, Winsome Henry on May 5.

Lyn-Sue said his confession had come as a result of his conversion to Christianity.

Blair, in correspondence to the Governor General, dated May 7, 2008, said while he firmly supported the order of the court and agreed that the sentence of six months imprisonment was by "all mean fair and just" and would set a precedence for all who would seek to pervert the course of justice, the constable was deserving of mercy.

"Based on the fact that Mr Lyn-Sue brought attention to his wrong doings and pleaded guilty to the charge of perverting the course of public justice, I plea on his behalf for a pardon to be granted," Blair said in his letter to Sir Kenneth.

According to Blair, Lyn-Sue has "suffered agony during the process and time elapsed from the confession to sentencing and will be inadvertently affected in the future by the implication for his action.

"It is on this basis that I seek the merciful act of Mr Lyn-Sue being pardoned," Blair said.

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