NASSAU- Justice Carolita Bethell will become the country’s newest appellate judge when her tenure on the Supreme Court ends this week.
The 65-year-old jurist has served on the Supreme Court since 2013.
High profile matters that she presided over include the bribery trial of former PLP Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson and the retrial of convicted child killer Kofhe Goodman.
Originally from Guyana, Justice Bethell came to The Bahamas in 1985. She served as Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court before she became a magistrate in 1988.
As a magistrate, Justice Bethell presided over the Drug Court. She ordered the extradition of kingpins Samuel “Ninety Knowles, Austin “Ozzie” Knowles, and Dwight “Sider Brown” Major to the United States.
Justice Bethell, the wife of Ferron Bethell QC, was appointed Deputy Chief Magistrate in 2005.
