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Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard, SC, has been giv­en just over a month to de­cide whether to con­tin­ue the pros­e­cu­tion of two po­lice of­fi­cers ac­cused of rob­bing a Chi­nese cou­ple more than a decade ago.

High Court Judge Frank Seep­er­sad is­sued the 35-day ul­ti­ma­tum yes­ter­day, up­hold­ing a law­suit brought by Sgt Lester Gar­cia and PC Dex­ter Ed­wards.

Jus­tice Seep­er­sad found that Gas­pard un­rea­son­ably de­layed fil­ing in­dict­ments against the of­fi­cers af­ter they were com­mit­ted to stand tri­al by a mag­is­trate at the end of a pre­lim­i­nary in­quiry in 2020. The fil­ing of in­dict­ments is re­quired for cas­es to be list­ed for tri­al and man­aged by a High Court judge.