Tommy Lee Sparta broke down in tears on Thursday in the Home Circuit court in downtown Kingston.
The Gothic Dancehall entertainer cried after he was cleared of all Lottery Scamming-related charges when Justice Carolyn Tie upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney Ernest Smith.
The entertainer said it was tears of joy, citing that being exonerated was the best feeling in the world. Sparta joked that he got the luck to beat the case from Reggae icon Buju Banton who was recently released from a US federal prison.
Tommy Lee Sparta Break Silence After Winning Lottery Scamming Trial
Tommy Lee Sparta, whose given name is Leroy Russell, and three others were charged in February 2014 on suspicion of breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transaction) (Special Provisions) Act, 2013. Two of the men were later released after no evidence was offered by cops.
Sparta and O’Brian were charged after investigations stemming from a traffic stop led police to an apartment in Kingston, where lottery scamming paraphernalia were seized.
During the trial, a senior police officer told court that he uncovered a hard drive and laptop containing personal information about people from North America linked to the Gothic dancehall entertainer.
However Tommy Lee Sparta’s lawyer argued that the prosecution failed to prove that the accused men were involved in the illicit trade.
