The 14-year-old girl accused in the Evan Hardy Collegiate fire attack appeared at the Court of King’s Bench Wednesday for the first time.
It was also her first in-person appearance since her initial arrest last September.
The defence was seeking a re-election for a judge-alone trial.
A preliminary hearing was set for this week. However, a direct indictment was instead approved.
The Crown told Global News the election was automatically set as a trial with a judge and jury.
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In court on Wednesday, the Crown consented to the re-election. The judge then approved a judge-alone trial.
The teen, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is facing charges of attempted murder and unlawfully causing bodily harm after allegedly lighting a 15-year-old girl on fire.
The Crown intends to seek an adult sentence. The accused has not entered any pleas yet, and no trial dates have been set.
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Earlier in the case, the defence revealed the teen is undergoing a private psychiatrist’s assessment.
A trial date will not be made until the assessment is complete and the defence expects that to be done in early August.
The 14-year-old is also facing charges related to another incident while in custody.
She is scheduled to return to provincial court next Thursday for those charges, and the pre-trial for the initial charges is set to resume on Aug. 27, 2025.
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