THERE will be no more extended allowances for attorneys in the fraud case of former education minister Ruel Reid following a strict notice by presiding Judge Sanchia Burrell, indicating they must all be ready for court on October 5.

After six years before the courts and nine months of a “stuttering” trial with little to show for the time, Burrell on Wednesday said the availability of judicial time and importantly the rights of the remaining four persons, “cannot indefinitely… yield to the scheduling difficulties of one attorney”.

“It will not happen in this court. The court has exercised considerable patience,” she added, pointing to multiple adjournments that had been granted to accommodate scheduling and other issues for different attorneys, in particular Hugh Wildman, since the October 6, 2025 start of the trial.