HALIFAX – Two young people accused of plotting to shoot shoppers at a Halifax mall made a brief court appearance today for a pre-trial hearing.
Lawyers for 23-year-old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of Geneva, Illinois, and 21-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax, told the court there are still volumes of disclosure information to provide to the Crown before trial dates can be set.
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Another pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Nov. 6 to assess where the two sides stand.
Trial dates are scheduled to be set on Nov. 19.
The Crown alleges the two accused, along with a 19-year-old man found dead in his Halifax home, had planned to attack the Halifax Shopping Centre on Valentine’s Day.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
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