A pre-trial hearing for a Halifax man accused of murdering an off-duty police officer will be held behind closed doors.
Justice Josh Arnold agreed Thursday to the Crown’s unusual request to close the courtroom in the case of twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Calvin Garnier.
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Garnier is charged with second-degree murder and interfering with human remains in the death of Truro, N.S., police officer Catherine Campbell.
The proceedings this week in Nova Scotia Supreme Court were already under a publication ban.
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Garnier’s trial is set to begin in November.
Campbell’s remains were found in September 2015 near Halifax’s Macdonald bridge.