Judge views evidence in Tommy Lee Sparta trial

The lottery scamming trial involving entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta and his co-accused O'Brian Smith is expected to continue today with the prosecution further showing the judge more evidence.

The afternoon session yesterday saw Detective Corporal Campbell go through much of the evidence he saw on the hard drive.

The prosecution was able to open the folder called 'Tommy Lee', and they showed the court the findings, which Detective Corporal Campbell had given testimony to earlier in the trial.

The court saw the files containing the records of people's names, addresses, and telephone numbers.

Photographs of the red Mercedes Benz, which was promised to sweepstakes winners, was also shown to the court.

There was also a document with a cheque drawn for a person named Harold Sloan, valued at US$7,700,000, from the Bank of Wachovia.

Campbell also disclosed that the folder called Tommy Lee, which is on the hard drive, was created on January 15, 2014.

Records also showed that it was last accessed on February 3, 2014 and last written to on January 15, 2014.

Trial Judge Justice Carolyn Tie yesterday indicated to the court that she would view the contents on the laptop today.

Afterwards, defence attorney Ernest Smith is expected to cross-examine Campbell in relation to the evidence shown in court.

Tommy Lee, given name Leroy Russell, and three others were initially charged in February 2014 on suspicion of breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transaction) (Special Provisions) Act, 2013.

However, no evidence was offered for two of the accused, who were later released.

The men were charged after investigations stemming from a traffic stop led police to a Kingston 5 apartment, where lottery scamming paraphernalia were seized.