The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed the recent acquittals in the Lusignan massacre trial, saying that the lawyer for one of the two accused and the jury foreman both failed to disclose a six-year attorney-client relationship.
The trial, which concluded on August 2, resulted in James Anthony Hyles, called ‘Sally’ and Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie,’ being found not guilty by the jury on 11 counts of murder.
The DPP said in its appeal, which was filed yesterday, that attorney Nigel Hughes, who represented Hyles, failed to disclose to trial judge Navindra Singh that he had represented the foreman, Vernon Griffith, in a civil case for a period of six years starting in 2002. The DPP said Griffith also failed to disclose their previous relationship,
