Another blow to the DPP! Marley Sebastien freed on all charges
A preliminary trial was held, and the case was thrown out of the courts when Sebastien appeared before Magistrate Khadeen Palmer on March 3, 2022; however, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) reinstituted the charges in the High Court.
Not Guilty!
When the case was called today, March 18, 2026, Sebastien’s lawyer, Valston M. Graham, a former Director of Public Prosecutions with the Government of St Kitts and Nevis and a former Senior Crown Counsel with the Government of the Virgin Islands, told the judge that Mr Sebastien had no case to answer.
After the summation by the King’s Counsel, Sandip Patel, Justice Akilah Anderson directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict.
Following the verdict, Mr Sebastien could not hold back his tears.
VI taxpayers under pressure
It was yet another loss for the Office of the DPP and Mr Patel, who was hired by the DPP to prosecute a number of high-profile cases but has seen little success.
Some of the cases Mr Patel has prosecuted included those against Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (R6), Lorna Stevens, Wade N. Smith, Pamphil Prevost, Simon Powers, and Najan Christopher.
Many critics have accused the Office of the DPP of using the law as a weapon against people who speak out for justice and do not go along with some of the inconsistencies of the governor.
It is important to note that the accused Virgin Islanders cannot bring a class action lawsuit against the UK police officers, the governor or any Commission of Inquiry (CoI) official as they have been immune from prosecution by the UK parliament.
This means taxpayers will have to absorb millions of dollars in lawsuits from these cases, which many have labelled as “bogus”.
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28 Responses to “Another blow to the DPP! Marley Sebastien freed on all charges”
This prosecution was also hopeless, and the DPP has failed to get past half time yet again.
Judging how she has previously reacted, she will appeal this latest humiliation and suffer more humiliation in the Court of Appeal.
All at the tax payers expense.
How much more of her incompetency do we have to suffer.
I will like the person or persons who ever will be following this matter to understand that in the first place there was not one thread of evidence against Sebastián.
The Judge in the case in which the DPP is alledging that the officer ( Sebastián ) committed those offences already said that absolutely ,Sebastián did not commit any offence. He went on to say ,"well why the other witnesses that gave evidence in the same matter as Sebastián were not charge as well'.
Sebastián must bring a Law Suit aganst the DPP personally for Malicious Prosection.
My God. Governor please please please for heaven sake,feelings are not what you use in court to get a conviction.
You bring evidence. So can you please get rid of her or It's because she is doing you all dirty job. It's a blatant shame and embarasment on the judicial service in the BVIs
And if I was that QC I would lead the to believe there was a case how else would he get paid!? You think he did it out of the goodness of his heart. Please!!!