December 16, 2009, was set as the new date for a verdict in the corruption cases against Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Daley is on trial for allegedly breaching the Corruption Prevention Act.

Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey told the court she was unable to come to a verdict because she was unable to properly view the evidence of the case due to her being ill. "Unfortunately I am not ready to let you hear my verdict ... I was feeling ill and was not in a good mood to properly examine the evidence ...," said Pusey.

sting operation

Daley was arrested in Kingston on July 31 last year, during a sting operation in which he was allegedly held with $15,000 marked notes. He was held shortly after he allegedly collected the money from the complainant Tafari Clarke.

The Crown is alleging that between May 2007 and July 2008, Daley collected a total of $65,000 from Clarke as protection money for a plaza at Ewarton, St Catherine.

Daley has denied collecting protection money from Clarke and said the money was for a loan he made some years ago to a relative of the complainant.