{"id":306192,"date":"2023-08-01T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=306192"},"modified":"2023-08-01T01:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T05:23:18","slug":"ustice-colin-williams-appointed-as-new-resident-judge-for-dominica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/ustice-colin-williams-appointed-as-new-resident-judge-for-dominica\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Colin Williams appointed as new resident Judge for Dominica"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_306193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306193\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-306193\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image_6483441-642x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justice Colin Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Come September 1, 2023, Dominica will have a new resident Judge namely, Justice Colin Williams.<\/p>\n<p>After serving as a High Court Judge in Antigua and Barbuda for just over two years, Justice Williams has been appointed to the Commonwealth of Dominica to serve as the head of the country\u2019s criminal division.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment comes as a response to the need for a permanent criminal Judge in Dominica, following the retirement of Justice Richard Floyd in April 2023, due to health reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent to Justice Floyd\u2019s retirement, Justice Thomas W.R. Astaphan served in this position for the past three and a\u00a0 half months which came to an end on July 21, 2023, at the close of the criminal assizes for the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Williams was the former Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from 2003 until his departure in 2018 to take up a post as High Court Judge in Belize.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, he was appointed to the position of High Court Judge in Antigua and Barbuda during which time he adjudicated over a number of high-profile cases including the Mikhail Gomes trial, the Bruce Greenaway matter, the Linsome Boyd murder case, former ABLP minister Michael Browne\u2019s serious crime case, and the just-concluded murder case of Kenworth Charles.<\/p>\n<p>He was also the judge in charge of hearing the corruption scandal case involving former UPP ministers Harold Lovell, Wilmoth Daniel, and Dr Jacqui Quinn.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><span class=\"gmail_signature_prefix\">&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Come September 1, 2023, Dominica will have a new resident Judge namely, Justice Colin Williams. 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