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UPDATED: Couple charged in Cape Breton fisherman’s death committed to stand trial

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PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. – A husband and wife charged in connection with the disappearance and alleged killing of Cape Breton fisherman Phillip Boudreau have been committed to stand trial.

A preliminary inquiry was held Wednesday in Port Hawkesbury provincial court for Carla Ann Samson of D’Escousse.

The 38-year-old woman is charged with being an accessory after the fact.

Her 43-year-old husband, Dwayne Matthew Samson, is charged with second-degree murder in Boudreau’s death.

His preliminary inquiry was held Tuesday.

Both are due in Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Dec. 6 to have trial dates set.

Boudreau vanished June 1, the same day his boat was found overturned in Petit-de-Grat harbour.

His body has not been found.

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Two other people face charges in the case.

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