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SIX people, including two women, some of whom were previously held under ministerial preventative detention orders during the previous state of emergency, and later charged with conspiracy to murder, were discharged by the High Court after prosecutors failed to file an indictment.

The group had been charged with conspiring to murder a prison officer, but the court ruled it could not proceed because the State submitted no evidence.

Master Delicia Bethelmy made the ruling after being told the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions had received no police file and had not filed an indictment required for the sufficiency hearing. Defence attorneys argued the State also missed all disclosure deadlines set by a scheduling order issued April 14, which required an indictment, statements, and all intended evidence by July 31.