[bul] The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is Bermuda’s central prosecuting authority.

[bul] Its main role is to act in the public interest to prosecute those accused of crime in the Magistrates’ and Supreme Courts.

[bul] Its lawyers also advise the Police and other Government departments on prosecutions and assist with law reform.

[bul] The Director of Public Prosecutions — currently Jamaican national Vinette Graham-Allen — heads the DPP’s office. Ms Graham-Allen was appointed in May 2004 by the Governor and a condition of her three-year contract was that she identified and trained a suitable Bermudian prosecutor as a potential successor to herself.

[bul] Find out more at www.dpp.gov.bm.