MURDER accused, Rondell Bacchus, cited last week for contempt when he protested to being tried by Justice Navindra Singh, who had previously heard against him a case in which there had been a hung jury, will be tried by the same judge at the next session of the Demerara Criminal Assizes.And the accused, who was fined $18,000 for contemptuous behaviour, in that he had been disrespectful to the judge, will be represented by attorney-at-law, Nigel Hughes, who appeared in court yesterday as counsel for Bacchus.

Presently engaged in another court, Mr. Hughes has applied to Justice Navindra Singh for a postponement of the retrial, which was to have begun yesterday.

The judge has granted the application, and the trial is to take place at the January session next year.

(George Barclay)