The pre­lim­i­nary in­quiry in­to mur­der charges against sev­en po­lice of­fi­cers was ad­journed yes­ter­day be­cause foren­sic re­ports were not avail­able. Mag­is­trate De­bra Quin­tyne, pre­sid­ing in the Princes Town First Court, had to ad­journ the in­quiry af­ter Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard said he could not start the mat­ter. He said, "We still await­ing-what I would con­sid­er two crit­i­cal re­ports from the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre."The sev­en of­fi­cers, Cpl Khem­raj Sa­hadeo, Con­sta­bles Re­nal­do Reveiro, Glenn Singh, Roger Nicholas, Safraz Ju­man, An­to­nio Ra­madin and Nicole Clement are charged with the mur­ders of Abi­gail John­son, Al­lana Dun­can and Ker­ron "Fin­gers" Ec­cles.

The vic­tims were shot dead at Rochard Dou­glas Road, Bar­rack­pore on Ju­ly 22, 2011. As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ray­mond Craig laid the charges. Gas­pard told the mag­is­trate that some of the out­stand­ing dis­clo­sures in the mat­ter had been made to de­fence lawyers. How­ev­er, he said, two re­ports were still pend­ing. "There has been some move­ment. I must com­mend the Di­rec­tor of Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, Ar­lette Lewis for that. She has been help­ful," he said. Gas­pard asked for one more ad­journ­ment be­fore a trail date was set. The mat­ter was ad­journed to April 19.