PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Despite initially confirming that he would attend the ongoing CLICO commission of enquiry, former head of CLICO Lawrence Duprey is now backing out. According to the Trinidad Guardian, the 79-year-old business magnate has written a letter to the commission, which was received yesterday by its secretary Judith Gonzalez, to say he is unwilling to appear before the commission chaired by British QC Sir Anthony Colman to give evidence. Unnamed sources reportedly told the Guardian that when he consulted his legal team, he was advised not to take part in it since the police had begun an official probe into the collapse of Clico. The Florida-based Duprey also wrote to say he was withdrawing his legal team Andrew Mitchell, QC, and attorney Lionel Luckhoo from the proceedings.
