The father of teenage murder victim Rebecca Middleton last night blasted the Island's legal system.

He lashed out after it was revealed that one of the two men originally charged with her killing will not now stand trial for her murder.

In an exclusive interview with The Royal Gazette last night, David Middleton said he was "sick and tired of people trying to get away with murder''.

And he argued that, if justice was not done, the whole Island would have to live with the tragedy.

Mr. Middleton made his remarks after being told that Kirk Mundy would not stand trial for his daughter's murder because he had already been convicted of being an accessory after the fact.

On Monday it was revealed that the Privy Council in London rejected outright an appeal by the Attorney General to reverse a decision that Mundy could not be charged. Mundy is now serving a five year jail term for his part in the killing.

Rebecca, 17, from Ontario, Canada, was holidaying with a friend on the Island in July 1996 when she was brutally raped and repeatedly stabbed.

Mr. Middleton, who remained calm and controlled throughout the emotionally charged interview, said: "What we have here is a teenage girl who has been raped and murdered and you have two characters who, with the help of their lawyers, are doing a pretty good job of trying to squirm their way out of it.

But justice is in your own country. We have had some pretty sick things going on in Canada and people are sick and tired of watching people getting away with murder.

"I'm very disappointed because I think Mundy should be tried for murder because he was very much involved.

"The bottom line is that my girl was murdered and I think there are only two suspects here and these two seem to have been nailed down. There's no evidence that anybody else was involved.

"But I think the Privy Council has made the wrong decision and when it gets to trial the evidence will speak for itself and everyone will have a second opinion.

"From a legal perspective it might make sense but what about from a moral, right or wrong perspective? This is all to do with the legal process and nothing to do with the evidence.'' Mr. Middleton said he was unaware of the behind the scenes legal moves that had delayed the trial by several months.

He claimed he did not know of allegations made by Mundy's defence team that their client had made a deal with the Police in which he agreed to provide damning evidence against his partner in crime on the proviso that he would not be charged with first degree murder.

And he said he was unaware that Attorney General Elliott Mottley had been criticised for his handling of the case.

"I don't know anything about that,'' he said.

The decision marks the end of an emotional rollercoaster ride for the Middleton family.

They expressed outrage when they first learned that Mundy would only face the lesser charge of being an accessory to the murder.

Anger turned to relief in January this year when they heard that the 22-year-old Jamaican national would in fact stand trial for murder.

But this week's decision, described by Mr. Middleton as "disappointing'', means that there are no further avenues for prosecutors to take in a bid to get Mundy in the dock again.

The move will also be a disappointment to Attorney General Elliott Mottley.

When contacted by The Royal Gazette last night he would only say: "I can confirm that the Privy Council is the final court of appeal but to say anything else would be prejudicial.'' It is the second time this week that the Privy Council has come under attack.

On Monday the mother of murder victim James Cyrus, who was fatally shot in the head just days after Rebecca Middleton's body was discovered, said the Council was wrong to allow her son's two killers a second chance to appeal against coviction.