A man charged with a slew of serious gun offences, as well as second-degree murder, tried but failed to have some of the counts thrown out this morning.

Robert Belbin’s lawyer had filed a so-called Jordan application, alleging a breach of his rights due to the length of time it’s taking to get to trial.

The 25-year-old had been in and out of custody since his arrest following a string of shootings in the metro area three years ago.

Around the same time he was charged with a stabbing on George Street, which led to a conviction for assault and sentence of time-served.

Then two years ago, while on release, he’s alleged to have killed 22-year-old Seamus Secord in the Mayor Avenue area of St. John’s.

Belbin was in court on both matters this morning, the first to do with the shootings, which will go to trial after a judge ruled that delays in the case weren’t just on the Crown.

An hour later and across the street in Supreme Court, his murder case was called to deal with a number of pre-trial applications ahead of that trial, by judge and jury, set for the fall.

Meanwhile, Belbin remains in custody, racking up remand time that would be applied to any future sentence.