-Caveat Lector- Mistrial declared in case of failed BCCI bank NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (Reuters) - For the second time this year, jurors could not reach a verdict and a judge declared a mistrial on Tuesday in the case of a British lawyer accused of evidence tampering at the bankrupt Bank of Credit and Commerce International. ``Our positions have hardened. We are irrevocably deadlocked, not withstanding readbacks of testimony and looking at exhibits,'' the note to Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Ronald Zweibel said. David Sandy, 44, a partner of Simmons & Simmons, among London's largest law firms, was charged with concealing the business diary of the chief executive at BCCI. He was also accused of conspiracy for allegedly trying to keep the CEO's business diary from a grand jury investigating the bank. BCCI was charged with massive fraud, drug money laundering, bribery and illegally acquiring U.S. banks. Losses to depositors and creditors were estimated at $10 billion. The bank pleaded guilty to laundering drug money in 1990. A year later, regulators shut the bank down. The bank had operations in 70 countries with major centres in London, Abu Dhabi and the Caribbean banking haven of the Cayman Islands. Sandy represented the bank's majority shareholders in London, including members of the royal family of the United Arab Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi government agencies. In April, after a seven week trial, jurors deadlocked after three days of contentious deliberations and a mistrial was declared. The retrial began Oct. 25. Jurors got the case on Dec. 8 and deliberated four days. The final vote was 11 to 1 for conviction. ``We expect to retry the case,'' a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said. Prosecutors charged that Sandy hid the computer business diary of BCCI chief executive Zafar Iqbal and ordered it copied and destroyed. But Sandy's lawyer told jurors his client neither saw or touched the computer. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
