A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Gerald Stanley, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie of the Red Pheasant First Nation.
The hearing is scheduled to run from Jan. 16 to 20 in North Battleford, Sask., provincial court.
“It just seems like they’re giving him more time to be at home with his family, with his children at his home. As for us, the victims, we’ll never get to see my brother again,” said Jace Baptiste, Boushie’s brother.
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Family expressed their disappointment that Stanley wasn’t in the courtroom for the three-minute scheduled appearance. He was not required to attend, but his defence attorney Scott Spencer was present.
The Boushie family has retained a lawyer of its own.
Chris Murphy, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer, will act as a legal advisor for the family.
Murphy pledged to communicate with the Crown and RCMP to “point out if there are any failures in the prosecution and the investigation.”
“If there aren’t any, then I’m not going to say anything. But I am going to work with the family to help ensure that Gerald Stanley gets a fair trial in this case,” Murphy said.
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A case management hearing is scheduled for Nov. 10 in North Battleford.
Stanley was granted bail last month after the fatal shooting on his farm near Biggar, Sask. on Aug. 9.
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