According to a demand letter from the trio’s attorney Unoda Mack of Mack Bahuma Attorneys, if the DPP does not take action within 30 days from the date of service, their clients intend to exercise their rights under Section 14 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (“CP&E Act”) and institute charges against some public officers who have as yet and quite inexplicably, faced no sanction despite overwhelming evidence. “Section 14 of the CP&E is simple and clear in its terms. Anyone who has personally suffered harm, as a result of the criminal conduct of some other person, may prosecute the offender for the alleged offence where (or when) the DPP declines to prosecute. In our clients’ case, the Director of Public Prosecutions has not prosecuted those responsible for causing them harm. In light of the significant harm they have suffered, our clients have elected to bring a private prosecution under Section 14 of the CP&E Act, unless the Director of Public Prosecutions prosecutes those responsible for the harm caused,” he states.