DPP Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit

大约在高等法院宣判亚山·韦斯科特谋杀罪无罪的时候，公诉署署长蒂芙尼·斯卡利夫-埃斯普利特已经准备好并提交了上诉申请。

被指控谋杀尼克拉·史密斯的韦斯科特于6月26日星期三获释，此前他的律师伊斯雷尔·布鲁斯(Israel Bruce)成功地提出“不起诉”，辩称控方提供的证据不足以将被告与犯罪联系起来。主审法官斯坦利·约翰(Stanley John)支持原告的申诉，并随后指示九人陪审团作出“无罪”判决。

这一切都发生在周三上午10点过后几分钟。

According to legal documents seen by BVI News, the DPP successfully filed a detailed application to appeal by 10:27 that same morning.

The DPP argued in her appeal that Justice John erred in disallowing certain aspects of the testimony from one of the prosecution's key witnesses in the case — Detective David Moore. The DPP also argued in her appeal that Justice John erred further by applying "incorrect principles" in arriving at his decision to uphold the defense's no-case submission.

根据上诉文件，控方还认为，没有把这件事留给陪审员是一种“误判”，他曾指示陪审员作出无罪判决。

The DPP argued that it is of "public interest" for the decisions of Judge John to be reviewed, adding that she does not believe Westcott would be prejudiced in this matter now being appealed.