CALGARY – A decision over how many details will be released to the media about Calgary’s worst mass murder won’t be made until at least spring.
A judge was expected to make the ruling in Calgary courtroom Wednesday, but reserved his decision until a new date is set in March of 2015.
Matthew de Grood, 22, is charged with five counts of first-degree murder after a violent stabbing spree at a house party on Tuesday, April 15th.
Zackariah Rathwell, 21, Jordan Segura, 22, Josh Hunter, 23, Kaitlin Perras, 23, and Lawrence Hong, 27, were celebrating the end of the school year when they were killed.
So far, only limited details about what happened leading up to, during, and after the killings has been released.
Media outlets, including Global News, have applied to the Court for access to the contents of the Information to Obtain document (ITO) connected to the case. An ITO is a legal document which contains information police must provide to a judge in order to be granted a warrant.
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On Wednesday, a judge began hearing arguments about whether or not the media should be allowed access to the sealed information.
The families of the victims have requested that the details of the ITO be kept from the public.
A lawyer representing several media outlets in the city, including Global News, will argue that the information should be made public.
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