Lusignan massacre accused James Anthony Hyles and Mark Royden Williams were on Wednesday granted the opportunity by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to apply for special leave to challenge a Guyana Court of Appeal (GCA) decision ordering a retrial of their case.
In its judgment, the CCJ said that Hyles and Williams must file their submissions on the application for special leave by August 5, 2016. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) here shall file submissions in response by September 2. The applicants shall then file a reply by September 16. The special leave applications will then be heard by video-conference on October 12 at 10 am.
After a High Court trial, Hyles and Williams had been found not guilty in August 2013 of the 11 murders. However, the Chambers of the DPP had appealed that decision with the GCA. On March 8 this year, the Guyana Court of Appeal ordered that Williams and Hyles be retried for the 11 murders committed in January, 2008 as there were some irregularities at the trial and the cumulative effect rendered the not guilty verdicts unsafe and unsatisfactory.
