WINNIPEG — A date has been set for a new trial in the death of a Winnipeg girl 31 years ago.
Mark Edward Grant is scheduled to be tried on a charge of second-degree murder in January 2017.
Grant was convicted of killing 13-year-old Candace Derksen in 2011, but the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned the conviction in 2013, and that ruling was later upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada.
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The higher courts said the trial judge erred in not allowing the defence to present evidence that pointed to another possible killer — an unidentified man involved in a similar attack while Grant was in custody.
Candace’s body was found in a storage shed near her Winnipeg home six weeks after she disappeared.
The Crown announced earlier this year it would seek a new trial, and the victim’s mother has said she still believes Grant is the killer.
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