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Court Today (June 23, 2025)

15. On the 23rd day of June 2025, the prosecution led by Dwayne Green, Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, and Mr. Kemar Setal, Crown Counsel, outlined to the Court the reasons stated above and that having consulted with the Director of Public Prosecution, the Crown was obliged to offer no further evidence, as a matter of law. In the well-known case of R. v. Barry Randall (Cayman Islands) [2002] UKPC 19, the Privy Council reiterates the critical principle that there is an overriding objective in any criminal trial of fairness to the accused. This means that even though one can understand the disappointment or other negative emotions which segments of the society may feel because of the result, ethically a prosecutor is obliged to be objective, fearless but fair and to be guided by the law by offering no further evidence in circumstances where there is insufficient evidence to mount a viable prosecution.

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