A High Court judge has ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to give an update within seven days on the status of the long-delayed Dana Seetahal murder trial.

On June 13, Justice Carol Gobin directed the DPP to say whether he plans to file an indictment and, if so, when, or if he intends to drop the case altogether.

The judge also ordered the DPP to give Earl Peters, one of the ten accused men, a written explanation for the delay in filing the indictment needed to start his trial. Peters must inform the court if the DPP fails to follow the order. He has until August to respond, and the matter was postponed to September 15.