KINGSTON, Jamaica — The often-delayed trial of former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused must continue in earnest come October 5, Senior Parish Court Judge Sanchia Burrell has ordered.

In making a case management pronouncement on Wednesday at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, Burrell said: “The parties are placed on clear notice that the matter will proceed on that date.”

She spoke in the presence of the accused, Reid, his wife and daughter Sharen and Sharelle Reid; Councillor Kim Brown Lawrence; and former head of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Fritz Pinnock.