A police witness in a Supreme Court case accused a paralegal charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice of being the individual behind several posts on social media depicting her as “corrupt”.

Lauren Bell, an intelligence analyst with the Bermuda Police Service, said she drew her conclusion from the links between Eron Hill, the defendant, and the Bermuda Equal Justice Initiative project.

Mr Hill has been charged with three counts of attempting to pervert the course of public justice through social media posts made between October 29 and November 30, 2023.

He is additionally charged with six offences under the Electronic Communications Act, including that he made “grossly offensive” posts about police officers and caused one man’s phone to ring repeatedly to harass him.

Ms Bell told the court yesterday that on October 29, 2023, she was notified of a post on Instagram with the words “Corrupt @Bermuda Police”.

She told the jury that the post featured a photograph of retired Detective Inspector Dean Martin and Detective Constable Michael Redfern.

Ms Bell told the jury that she was tagged in the post and subsequently received a “follow” request from a Bermuda Equal Justice Initiative account.

The witness said she ignored the request, but was notified on November 1, 2023, of a second post featuring a photograph of her and Mr Martin.

Ms Bell said she made a screenshot of the second post and wrote a statement to which she attached a copy of the screenshot. Copies were shared with the jury.

Under cross-examination by Mr Hill, who is representing himself, Ms Bell alleged that the posts were made by the defendant.

“I believe you posted them because you are connected to the whole Bermuda Equal Justice project,” she told Mr Hill.

Earlier, Mr Martin was questioned by Mr Hill about details he had given to the jury regarding screenshots he took of Instagram posts he saw on October 29, 2023, accusing him and Mr Redfern of being corrupt.

Mr Hill said: “I am going to suggest to you that the evidence you have given to this jury today is a fabrication.”

Mr Martin disagreed, telling the jury that prior to the court hearing this week, he received the screenshots from another officer, taking screenshots that he prepared for court.

The witness accepted that he did not have the original screenshots of the Instagram posts from October 2023, which he earlier described as “offensive”.

The witness — who told the court that he retired from the BPS in September 2025 — said his professional conduct as a police officer was never questioned until the Instagram posts arose.

He said he reported them to the social media platform and later found them taken down.

Under cross-examination by Mr Hill, Mr Martin said he chose to log a statement on the issue and attached copies of the screenshots.

He said he decided to bring the matter to the “correct authority” of the Bermuda Police Service to investigate.

The witness also told the court that there was “nothing unusual” for a police officer to write a statement on an issue which affected him or her.

Mr Martin also disagreed with Mr Hill when the latter alleged that he had been “harassing” a murder accused during 2023.

Wayne Edwards, a manager at the Bermuda Security Group, gave evidence that he received missed calls from a number which the court heard earlier was linked to Mr Hill.

Mr Edwards told the court that his company works with the courts by providing electronic monitoring devices, placed on individuals through court orders.

He told the court that his company attached a device in June 2023 to the murder accused mentioned by Mr Hill.

Mr Edwards said in October 2023, he received missed calls from the phone number alleged to be Mr Hill’s.

The court heard that the witness also received a voice note, which he identified as Mr Hill’s voice, from the murder accused’s phone.

He said he forwarded the voice note — which was played in court — to a police officer’s phone.

The trial before Acting Puisne Judge Paul Doherty continues.

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