Five men accused of the murder of seven persons, including a four-month-old baby in Rockfort last October are to return to court on April 24.

The five were remanded when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, on Wednesday.

The five accused, Steve McClarty, Marvin Blake, Germaine Currie, Kenroy Cole and Christopher Bryan of east Kingston addresses are before the court for the seven murders.

Allegations are that between October 4 and 5, 2007, gunmen killed seven people on in various parts of Rockfort, east Kingston. Marlon Hurd, 26, Shaineta Smith, 18; and her four-month-old daughter Rana-Jay were allegedly killed in Norman Gardens.

Joan Violet Williams, 48, and her daughter, 18-year-old Christina Bryan, were killed along Glasspole Avenue. While Joan Richardson, 70, and nine-year-old Mutombo Thomas were killed on Lacruise Road.