'No delay' in Daniel Morcombe murder case QUEENSLAND'S Director of Public Prosecutions has been forced to reassure the state's chief justice that prosecution of the man charged with schoolboy Daniel Morcombe's murder will not be delayed. In a rare public statement, Queensland Chief Justice Paul de Jersey insisted he received assurances from the office of the DPP and the state Attorney-General that the case would proceed as planned. Brett Peter Cowan, 43, was expected to face a Supreme Court trial this year over the abduction and murder of the Sunshine Coast teenager in 2003. He has not formally entered a plea, but has rejected involvement. Justice de Jersey said he had been assured the matter was proceeding regularly, a day after indicating DPP resources were insufficient to proceed this year.