Murdered chairman of Maritime General and Fedility Finance John Smith. -
Murdered insurance executive John Henry Smith has been remembered by his employer as an actor, playwright, musician, singer and masman.
But Smith shot into the national spotlight for more ignominious reasons more than 17 years ago when he, along with UNC financiers, politicians and business people were hauled to court on a series of criminal charges arising out of what is now the longest-ever corruption case in this country's history.
He died while out on million-dollar bail and before he got the opportunity to present his own case in his defence for crimes accusing him and others of stealing nearly $1 billion from the maligned $1.6 billion Piarco Airport project between 1995 and 2006.