Pfefferle represents 42-year-old Aaron Gardiner who is accused of holding a girl against her will for four days at a remote northern Saskatchewan cabin last year. Saskatoon Senior Crown Prosecutor Evan Thompson didn’t oppose defence’s request for an adjournment to May 26. Pfefferle waived his client’s appearance and said the purpose of today’s appearance was to confirm which charges the defence wanted a preliminary hearing. A preliminary hearing was tentatively set in Meadow Lake Provincial Court on Aug. 25 and 26. Pfefferle also said that by then he should know whether or not the Saskatchewan Attorney General has approved the Crown to proceed by direct indictment. If direct indictment is approved then there won’t be a preliminary hearing and the case would be sent directly to trial.