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Nicholas Butcher to stand trial next spring

Nicholas Butcher is escorted into Halifax provincial court on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
Nicholas Butcher is escorted into Halifax provincial court on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Reynold Gregor/Global News

Trial dates have been set for 34-year-old Nicholas Butcher, accused of killing a popular Halifax yoga teacher.

Butcher is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kristin Johnston. Police have said Butcher and Johnston were in a relationship at the time of her death.

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Johnston’s body was found inside her home in Purcells Cove, N.S., in March 2016. Although her death was deemed a homicide by the province’s Medical Examiner. Police have never said how the 32-year-old was killed.

Four weeks have been set aside for Butcher’s trial, set to begin April 24, 2017.

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