Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn
July 31, 2023
Court rules that 3-year extension of DPP’s term in office was legal
The Full Court has ruled that the three-year extension granted to Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn in 2020 was legal.
A panel comprising three judges – Justices Lorna Shelly-Williams, Simone Wolfe-Reece and Andrea Pettigrew-Collins – handed down their ruling Monday after previously hearing submissions in the Supreme Court.
The development arose after double-murder convict Mervin Cameron filed a suit in February challenging the legality of the DPP’s extension.
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Cameron, who is represented by attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman, contended that Llewellyn had been acting in the post illegally for the past three years.
