Trial dates have been set for 34-year-old Nicholas Butcher, accused of killing a popular Halifax yoga teacher.
Butcher is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kristin Johnston. Police have said Butcher and Johnston were in a relationship at the time of her death.
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Johnston’s body was found inside her home in Purcells Cove, N.S., in March 2016. Although her death was deemed a homicide by the province’s Medical Examiner. Police have never said how the 32-year-old was killed.
Four weeks have been set aside for Butcher’s trial, set to begin April 24, 2017.