St Kitts prosecutor Shantrice Dorset charged with helping murder suspect evade justice

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – A prosecutor in St. Kitts-Nevis is now facing legal trouble herself, accused of helping a murder suspect flee the country to avoid arrest. Crown Counsel Shantrice Dorset has been charged with six offenses in connection to her alleged role in aiding the man suspected of murdering 29-year-old Akeem Archibald. Archibald was shot on July 20, 2024, with a high-powered automatic rifle.

Dorset was denied bail when she appeared in the Magistrates Court and is currently on remand. In a statement in which the charges were announced “with profound regret”, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said Dorset had helped the main suspect in Archibald’s killing, Khyron Philip, leave the country, by sea. He remains at large.

“Some time ago, upon receiving intelligence and being briefed on the matter, the Director of Public Prosecutions commissioned a special criminal investigation into Crown Counsel Ms Shantrice Dorset. Following an extensive police investigation into the murder and efforts to apprehend the fugitive, Ms Shantrice Dorset has been formally charged,” the statement read. She faces three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice and one count each of accessory after the fact to murder, misconduct in public office, and corruption.