A new judge was sworn into office at Government House this morning.
Puisne Judge Justice Graham Walter Anthony Cottle will join the High Court Criminal Division bench.
Justice Cottle, who hails from the United Kingdom, has been a resident judge of the Exeter Crown Court, Exeter, Devon since 2001.
He also served as an Honorary Recorder for Exeter.
He was appointed a UK Circuit Judge in 1993 and authorised to try serious sexual, murder and manslaughter cases.
From 1995 to 2000 he lectured on law to students from the Universities of Hong Kong, Malaysia and Beijing.
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