The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is Bermuda?s central prosecuting authority.

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

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

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.

Find out more at www.dpp.gov.bm.