ST MARY, Jamaica- A truck driver was on Thursday freed of larceny charges when he appeared in the St Mary Parish Court.

Allegations were that on December 7, 2021, Michael Adair, 53, was intercepted by the police while towing a stolen motor vehicle driven by another man, Lashawn Davidson.

It is alleged that the driver of the stolen motor vehicle told the police that he had been paid $10,000 the night before to drive the motor vehicle into Kingston.

Adair however denied any involvement. He claimed that it was a passenger in his own vehicle who had a connection to the car which turned out to be stolen.

During cross-examination of the police by Adair’s lawyer Peter Champagnie, no credible excuse was given as to why the passenger to which Adair claimed was connected to the stolen vehicle was not also interrogated but released.

The credibility of one of the police officer’s testimonies was also shattered when in the giving of evidence by video link, Champagnie brought to the court’s attention that the police witness was being aided in her evidence by notes in a book – a conduct which was not permissible without the court’s permission.

When pressed, the witness admitted to using her book. At the end of the prosecution’s case, the parish court judge upheld a submission made by another of Adair’s lawyers, Javed Grant, that the witness had been discredited.

However, the judge ruled that Lashawn Davidson, who is represented by attorney-at-law John Jacobs, had a case to answer.