Court Of Appeal Allows Retrial In Murder Case
The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from the Crown and remitted the case involving Davin Dill to the Supreme Court for retrial.
The court said, “The Crown appealed against the 8 September 2023 ruling of the Supreme Court that the Respondent had no case to answer on charges of [1] murder contrary to section 287 of the Criminal Code Act 1907, and [2] having a bladed article in a public place contrary to section 315C of the Criminal Code Act 1907. The offences were said to have occurred on 14 June 2020.
“The trial commenced on 8 August 2023. On 8 September 2023, following legal arguments in the absence of the jury, the Trial Judge directed the jury to enter verdicts of not guilty. Reasons for the decision to accede to the Defence submissions were given on 8 September.
“The Crown appealed against this decision. The appeal was heard on 20-21 March 2025 and the Court of Appeal reserved judgment.
“On 5 May 2025, the Court of Appeal unanimously allowed the appeal and remitted the matter to the Supreme Court for retrial.
“The Court decided that the case should have been left to the jury but noted that the Crown presented its case in a different way to the way in which the case was argued before the Trial Judge.
“The Judgment was delivered by the Honourable Chief Justice Mr Larry Mussenden on behalf of the Court of Appeal on 5 May 2025.”
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