Two years after first appearing in court, murder accused 26-year-old Jermaine Noel Pearman and manslaughter accused 19-year-old Sharina Anne Tuzo will be tried on September 13.

The couple have denied causing the death of her infant godson Saed Young on August 29, 1997.

Yesterday during the monthly arraignment session, Tuzo was further released on bail while Pearman was again remanded in custody.

Former Policeman Tony Saleem Bukhari's lawyer must make an application to change his indictment by July 15 or his client will have to enter a plea on four manslaughter charges.

Bukhari is facing charges surrounding the death of a former sub-editor at The Royal Gazette , Liz Cadell, who died from an overdose of aspirin in May, 1997 at the couple's Devonshire home.

After Crown counsel Charlene Scott read the first manslaughter charge to Bukhari, lawyer Juan Wolffe interjected that he would be making an application under section 504 of the Criminal Code.

Mr. Wolffe, appearing for Delroy Duncan, asked Chief Justice Austin Ward that Bukhari not be required to enter a plea.

Mr. Justice Ward set a mention date for August 2 to set a trial date and said if the application is accepted, a separate hearing would be set.

And with his appeal to the Privy Council in London set to be heard in the autumn, murder accused Justis Smith was ordered to return to court for mention on November 1.

Smith, 19, could face a retrial in the Rebecca Middleton murder in the early hours of July 3, 1996. She had been raped, tortured, and stabbed to death.

Ms Middleton and her friend Jasmine Meens accepted rides from three men riding two motorcycles, with Ms Meens arriving back at her father's house safely.

Later that year Jamaican born Kirk Mundy pleaded guilty to accessory to murder.

Smith was tried last December, but walked from the court after Puisne Judge Vincent Meerabux ruled there was no case to answer. And in April local Appeal's Court justices upheld the ruling.

Smith is represented by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher and London-based Queen's Counsel John Perry.

Flanagan's restaurant manager Kevin Pollock will be retried on October 11, pending the availability of an overseas expert witness.

Mr. Justice Ward set the matter for mention on September 1 to confirm the availability of the witness.

Pollock, 36, was freed from prison in May after an appeal of his conviction of manslaughter in the death of construction worker Craig McGavern.

The conviction was quashed after the Court of Appeal ruled trial judge Norma Wade-Miller misdirected the jury.

Pollock had served about a month of a 15-month sentence before he was released.

McGavern died after falling down the stairs at the Front Street nightclub.

Pollock maintains he acted in self-defence.

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