THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been given seven days to state the way forward in the 2014 murder case of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

It was on Friday, in the matter involving Earl Richards, one of the murder accused, that Justice Carol Gobin ordered that the DPP provide a status report on the case within seven days. He is to indicate whether an indictment is intended to be filed and, if so, by what date and also whether a decision has been made to discontinue the matter.

An order was also made compelling the DPP to provide Richards with the reason for the undue delay in filing the indictment to begin criminal proceedings, in accordance with the principles of procedural fairness and the interest of justice.