Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard has again de­nied al­le­ga­tions of un­due de­lay in pros­e­cut­ing ten men ac­cused of mur­der­ing Se­nior Coun­sel Dana See­ta­hal in 2014.

Gas­pard ad­dressed the is­sue as he sought to com­ply with a court or­der re­cent­ly is­sued by High Court Judge Car­ol Gob­in based on a law­suit brought by one of the ac­cused men, Earl Richards.

Through the law­suit, Richards sought a sta­tus re­port on his and his co-ac­cused’s case as well as an ex­pla­na­tion on why in­dict­ments have not been filed against them by Gas­pard’s Of­fice, af­ter they were com­mit­ted to stand tri­al for the crime at the end of their pre­lim­i­nary en­quiry on Ju­ly 23, 2020.