VICTORIA -- The former president of a motorcycle club in Campbell River has been granted a mistrial after being accused of the murder of a Vancouver Island man in 2016. The defense attorney for Richard Ernest Alexander, 65 – the former president of the Devils Army motorcycle club in Campbell River – says the mistrial was applied for and granted Wednesday. The reasons for the mistrial are protected by a publication ban, according to the attorney, Richard Neary. "As a result of the way things developed today, he is relieved," Neary told CTV News. Crown lawyers have indicated that they plan to proceed with a new trial, after they review their case to make sure it meets charge approval, according to Neary.