Reputed leader of the Clans-man gang, 27-year-old Tesha Miller, will have to remain behind bars until his murder trial begins on September 29.

He was denied bail when he appeared yesterday in the Home Circuit Court.

He is to face trial for the murder of Rohan Haughton, who was fatally shot in April 2004.

He is facing four counts of murder but his triple-murder case has been set for mention on September 18.

Justice Marjorie Cole Smith, after hearing a lengthy bail application from defence lawyers Everton Bird and Valerie Neita Robertson, turned down the application.

The Crown had opposed bail on the grounds that Miller had breached the conditions of his bail and had absconded bail.

While Miller was on bail on the murder charges, he fled to the United States of America in May 2005, but the federal authorities sent him back.

The judge said that because of the breaches, the only thing she could do in the circumstances was to order an early trial date for September.

The triple-murder case against Miller is alleged to have taken place in Braeton, St Catherine, on January 1, 2005.

Miller was taken into custody on July 4 for allegedly breaching a condition of his bail.

He was ordered to be at home from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., but the police claim that when they went to his house on July 2, he was not there.

Miller's lawyers told the court yesterday that Miller was at home but had to hide from the police because of constant threats and intimidation from them.

They said Miller fled the island in 2005 because a policeman had threatened him.