Guard says inmate warned him not to touch pepper spray during N S jail assault cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday at a Halifax convention centre for six of the 15 inmates accused of participating in a vicious assault of another prisoner at a Nova Scotia jail.
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A Halifax advocate says Mitchell Coles, the man accused in a recent homicide, was in and out of local shelters and never got the proper treatment he needed.
HALIFAX Two trials in Nova Scotia involving 15 inmates accused of taking part in a jailhouse stabbing have been delayed because of the province s recent COVID-19 outbreak. Several lawyers and the Crown took part in a conference call Friday that ended with Supreme Court Justice Jamie Campbell deciding the first of the two trials originally slated to start Monday will be delayed until after May 19. The 46-year-old victim allegedly assaulted by the inmates sustained life-threatening injuries in the Dec. 2, 2020, attack at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth, N.S. The 15 accused all males between the ages of 22 and 41 face charges that include conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, forcible confinement, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and resisting or obstructing a police officer.