Crown Prosecutors Gregory Cummings and Caroline Marco have been appointed as Deputy Directors at Queensland’s Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
Mr Cummings has been appointed to a new position for two years, which will focus on cases requiring the testing or re-testing of forensic DNA evidence following the 2023 Commission of Inquiry (COI).
He was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court in 1985 and pursued a career in private practice in Brisbane, involving both civil and criminal law.
Mr Cummings was appointed Senior Counsel in the Criminal Justice Commission (now the Crime and Corruption Commission) in 1991 before accepting a position as a legal officer in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in 1993. He was appointed a prosecutor in 1996 and a Principal Prosecutor in 2008.
He brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously prosecuted a variety of criminal law matters in Queensland including complex and high-profile murder trials, and has regularly appeared in the Court of Appeal.
Ms Marco has been appointed as Deputy Director for a five-year term. She was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court in 2003 and was appointed as a Crown Prosecutor in Brisbane in 2005.
She was promoted to Senior Crown Prosecutor in 2007 and Principal Crown Prosecutor in 2011.
Ms Marco has appeared as leading counsel in all types of hearings, applications, trials and appeals in the District Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
In recent years, she has prosecuted some of Queensland’s most high-profile cases.
Ms Marco has previous leadership experience as an Acting Deputy Director on several occasions.
The appointments were effective from 16 August.
Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath congratulated them, saying they had “long-standing and highly successful careers, driving the delivery of prosecution services in Queensland’s criminal justice environment”.
“The addition of a second deputy position will also help ease the significant workload created by legal-led case reviews of cases requiring retesting of forensic DNA evidence,” she said.
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