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Graham James victims plan to be in court for moral support to latest complainant

Graham James holds his Hockey News award in Toronto, June 8, 1989. The Hockey News says twice-convicted pedophile Graham James has returned a plaque the magazine gave him in his heyday as a junior coach. Bill Becker / The Canadian Press

REGINA – Some victims who were sexually abused by Graham James plan to be in a courtroom in Swift Current, Saskatchewan on Friday.

That’s when the disgraced former junior hockey coach is set to appear on new charges dating back to when he coached the Swift Current Broncos in the early 1990s.

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READ MORE: Former hockey coach and convicted pedophile Graham James faces more charges

Todd Holt says he and former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy will be in court to offer moral support.

Holt says he encouraged the latest complainant, a friend and former teammate in Swift Current, to come forward.

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