Attorneys defending Sheldon Pusey, who is charged with the murder of former trade ambassador Peter King, will have to wait another two weeks to find out if they will get access to tapes which recorded activities at King’s St Andrew home in the hours leading up to his death.

The attorneys, Vincent Wellesley and Berry Bryan, had last week obtained an order for the tapes to be released. However, head of the Organised Crime Investigative Division, Senior Superintendent Devon Watkiss, told Resident Magistrate Sharon George that he would like to seek guidance from the director of public prosecutions (DPP) before allowing the defence team to view the recordings, when the matter came up in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Watkiss’ request was granted by the magistrate despite objections from both attorneys.

“The officer wants the opportunity to seek guidance from the DPP, and under the law I have the right to grant him that,” RM George said.

Watkiss also told the court that the tapes were not expected to assist the prosecution’s case.

The tapes have generated much discussion as politicians, journalists, dancehall artistes and high-ranking policemen have been rumoured as being involved in homosexual activities on the recordings.

The defence contends that the recordings are vital to its case and have accused the prosecution of withholding evidence.

Pusey has confessed to killing King in March last year, saying that King had made sexual advances toward him in a bedroom at King’s residence at Waterloo Road.

In applying for bail, Bryan described King as a freak who preyed on young males.

“It has been rumoured that this man Peter King lived off . young boys,” Bryan said, “He was a pervert, possessed, a freak.”

He said Pusey had gone to the house after being told he could get a job.

“We are not denying that he was at Peter King’s house on the night of his execution. He was seeking a job from a man who had a relationship with King that he knew nothing about,” Bryan told the court.

He said Pusey had been attacked three times by inmates since he has been in custody since February this year.

Despite the lengthy bail application, Pusey was denied bail as the prosecution pointed out that he was held a year after the incident and was arrested under the name of Anthony Blake on a different charge. The prosecution contended that Pusey did not turn himself in despite being aware that he was being sought by the police in connection with the murder.

King’s nude, mutilated body was found at his home the morning after the incident. A post-mortem conducted on his body revealed that he was stabbed in the heart, lungs, right side of his chest, below the top of his head and his chin and other parts of his body.

The case will continue on October 5.