The Court of Appeal was asked to quash my conviction for handling a firearm because of the faulty and discredited evidence of prosecution expert Candy Zuleger and her firm, Trinity DNA Solutions. I was not present in court and did not attend via Zoom because the reality is this is a travesty of justice.

I pleaded guilty years ago, have served my time and moved on with my life, but there are others in Bermuda who remain wrongfully incarcerated for crimes they did not commit, and who are being denied the opportunity to have their cases reviewed as a result of the faulty DNA evidence of Ms Zuleger and Trinity DNA Solutions — including my brother, Jay Dill, who has maintained his innocence from Day 1.

If this DPP-led “review” was meant to correct injustice, how can an innocent man be ignored? That is not justice — it is convenience disguised as fairness.

To be clear, I did not seek a review of my case; nor did I apply to the Court of Appeal and engage any lawyer to do so. The process was initiated entirely by the Director of Public Prosecutions, who asked the Governor to refer my case. The Legal Aid Office later contacted me — not the other way around — and offered to represent me.

I had no documents or understanding of the process until last month, when the Bermuda Equal Justice Initiative assisted me with obtaining a consultation with King’s Counsel Jerome Lynch. Only then did I have sight of the documents to learn what was being done in my name.

It breaks my heart that my brother continues to languish in prison for an offence he did not commit. It is the DPP who continues to defend my brother’s conviction, when their own inquiry proves the evidence of Ms Zuleger was faulty and unreliable.

The DPP’s review has been conducted behind closed doors — no transparency, no consultation and no opportunity for representation — contrary to the undertakings made to the Privy Council. This so-called review has been strategically presented by the DPP as proof that the justice system is functioning, but in truth, it exposes how broken and selective “justice” in Bermuda has become. The same faulty forensic evidence that the Crown now discredits in my case is the very evidence that put my brother and others behind bars. It cannot be unreliable in one case and reliable in another.

Bermuda’s justice system must be willing to confront its own failures and deliver justice for all. I am calling on the Governor and DPP of Bermuda to initiate a truly independent commission of inquiry into all cases in which Candy Zuleger and Trinity DNA Solutions gave evidence.

Anything less is a continuation of the same miscarriage of justice that has plagued this country for far too long. Hope springs eternal that truth and justice will prevail.

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