Lawyers acting for accused killer Kirk Mundy should know next week if he will have to stand trial for murder.

Attorney General Elliott Mottley charged Mundy with the murder of Canadian teenager Rebecca Middleton earlier this month.

Mundy, of Brunswick Street, Pembroke, was already serving a five-year jail term after pleading guilty to being an accessory to the murder in July, 1996.

And 18-year-old co-defendant Justis Smith is set to stand trial for Rebecca's murder next month.

Mundy's lawyer Mark Pettingill pushed for a judicial review in a bid to get his client's murder charge scrapped.

Twenty-two-year-old Mundy, a Jamaican, is now being represented by former Attorney General Saul Froomkin.

Mr. Pettingill had to transfer the case to Mr. Froomkin so he could give evidence to the judicial review hearing.

Lawyers for Mundy and the Attorney General's chambers are expected to be given a date for the hearing by Monday -- and believe the hearing will take place next week.

The review will be a public hearing in Supreme Court and the judge is expected to decide whether or not Mundy should stand trial for the murder.

Mr. Pettingill criticised the Attorney General for charging Mundy with the murder when he was already serving a prison sentence for a lesser charge.

He said: "Our position is that what the Attorney General has attempted to do is an abuse of process in that it should not be done this way.'' Mr. Froomkin told The Royal Gazette : "I can confirm that I am now acting for Kirk Mundy.'' Seventeen-year-old Rebecca, of Belleville, Ontario, was found with fatal stab wounds on Ferry Reach, St. George's after a night out with a friend.