PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A man who set a Saskatchewan woman on fire during a brutal assault remains without a lawyer. The director of legal aid told Prince Albert provincial court that Leslie Black is being denied further services.
Black’s lawyer withdrew two weeks ago because Black is denying some parts in a statement of facts.
Black told the judge he plans to appeal the legal-aid decision and the case is to be back in court Sept. 15.
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A court-appointed lawyer will be provided if Black’s appeal fails.
He pleaded guilty last April to the attempted murder of Marlene Bird, who was burned so badly that both her legs needed to be amputated.
She has also had to have several skin grafts.
This is not the first time Black has been without legal counsel. In January, legal-aid lawyer Tara Lennox-Zepp also withdrew from the case.
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A psychiatric report was ordered before sentencing, which has been delayed because of the search for a new lawyer.
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