By BIANCA SYMONETTE, Guardian Staff Reporter, bianca@nasguard.com

The case involving Barry Parcoi, Forrester Bowe and Corey Hepburn, three prisoners who allegedly took part in a violent prison break in January 2006, which also resulted in a prison guard being killed, hit another snag yesterday after the voluntary bill of indictment, which would send the case directly to the supreme court, was not ready.

The Attorney General's Office had said it would proceed with a voluntary bill of indictment to fast track the matter to the Supreme Court, however, the prosecutor indicated in court on Thursday that it had not been prepared as yet.

Magistrate Susan Sylvestor adjourned the matter until June 3 and indicated that a decision will be made on that date either to proceed by VBI or commencement of the trial.

The January 17, 2006 break at Her Majesty's Prison left one officer, Corporal Dion Bowles, a 13-year veteran, dead. He was fatally stabbed during the early morning uprising at the prison.

Neil Brown, the death row inmate who was convicted of murdering Anglican Archdeacon William Thompson in 2000, was shot and killed during the same uprising. Prison officials reported that during the early hours of January 17, 2006, four Maximum Security inmates carried out their plan and bolted from their cells, scaled the walls of the Fox Hill facility and escaped.

A coroner's inquest found that Brown was shot and killed while restrained on the prison bus.

Brown was also named as one of the men who murdered Bowles. .

That incident left two other prison officers, Kenneth Sweeting and David Armbrister, injured.

In addition to the murder charge, Parcoi, Bowe and Hepburn were also charged with two counts of grievous harm and conspiracy to escape.

The men, who are already serving prison sentences, were remanded to Her Majesty's Prison.