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'No one can tell me who to prosecute'-Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands’ Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit told members of the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) last month, December 2021, when they examined the estimate for the 2022 Budget, that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was the “sole authority on the prosecution of all criminal matters private or public.”
Serious matters will proceed despite request for discontinuance – ODPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has warned residents of the [British] Virgin Islands that if a criminal matter is deemed to be serious, the case will still proceed before the court of law despite requests for it to be discontinued.
4 US citizens held for illegal entry being 'cared for with BVILOVE'- DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has issued a statement in response to an article that appeared in a US publication raising concerns about the conditions of four US citizens held for illegal entry in the [British] Virgin Islands.
Local Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit appointed DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former Principal Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit has been appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on May 5, 2020, after acting in the role since December 14, 2019.
Overseas lawyer slams DPP for not communicating trial delay
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Attorney Chesley Oneal Hamilton from St Kitts and Nevis who had never before practised in the Virgin Islands, and had to be flown in to assist E. Leroy Jones, Attorney for Venezuelan nationals Wilferedo Lopez Vargas and Hober Morillo Ybarbia and Government Accountant Cryton Browne in the $30.9 million cocaine trial, was not a happy camper when he learnt that the trial would not go on as planned.
VI youths lacking conflict resolution skills – Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has expressed a strong will to work with schools in an effort to drastically reduce the number of youths ending up before the courts, in prison, before social workers or even wounded or dead because of a lack of conflict resolution skills or knowledge.
Local Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit appointed Acting DPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Principal Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mrs Tiffany R. Scatliffe-Esprit has been appointed as Acting Director of Public Prosecutions with effect from December 14, 2019.
DPP Kim Hollis QC abruptly resigns
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information just reaching our news desk is that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and United Kingdom (UK) national, Kim Hollis QC, has tendered her resignation.
‘Persons charged are held in custody for too long’- Snr Police Officer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Pointing to several cases as examples, a senior police officer said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is not applying the same rules to persons who are of “low means” in their custody.
Ex VI prosecutor presents @ International Intellectual Property Conference in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland- Former Crown prosecutor in the Virgin Islands, Mr Valston M. Graham was one of the global professionals invited to present before the Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland on September 4, 2019.
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