Close X
Friday, November 29, 2024
ADVT 
National

Case Involving Pair Accused In Halifax Mall Shooting Adjourned To Next Month

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 Apr, 2015 12:07 PM
  • Case Involving Pair Accused In Halifax Mall Shooting Adjourned To Next Month
HALIFAX — The case involving two people accused of plotting an attack at a Halifax shopping mall has been adjourned until May.
 
Twenty-three-year-old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath (Sue-VANNA-rath) of Geneva, Ill., and 20-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax each face charges including conspiracy to commit murder.
 
Court is set to resume May 12 for further discussion ahead of a preliminary inquiry tentatively set for June.
 
Outside court, Crown lawyer Shauna MacDonald says police are still disclosing evidence and much of it is in the form of social media reports.
 
A Crown document alleges the offences took place between Jan. 6 and Valentine's Day.
 
The Crown alleges the offences involved the Halifax Shopping Centre and were carried out in concert with James Lee Gamble, a 19-year-old man found dead in his Halifax home.

MORE National ARTICLES

Police Say One Dead After 'Suspicious' Richmond House Fire

Police Say One Dead After 'Suspicious' Richmond House Fire
Firefighters responded to the blaze at about 2 a.m. Monday (in the 10,000 block of Cornerbrook Crescent). Police say the cause of the fire is not yet known but officers are treating it as suspicious.

Police Say One Dead After 'Suspicious' Richmond House Fire

Fans And Foes Of Indian Prime Minister Modi Await Three-day Visit To Canada

Fans And Foes Of Indian Prime Minister Modi Await Three-day Visit To Canada
Balpreet Singh, spokesman for the World Sikh Organization of Canada, said the group is calling on Modi to address escalating attacks on minorities including Christians and Muslims in India. The group also wants the two governments to address attempts to marginalize Canadian Sikhs as extremists and denial of visas for Sikhs in Canada

Fans And Foes Of Indian Prime Minister Modi Await Three-day Visit To Canada

Cleanup Efforts Continue Sunday On Vancouver Oil Spill

Cleanup Efforts Continue Sunday On Vancouver Oil Spill
VANCOUVER — Efforts were progressing Sunday to remove the remaining globs of oil that spilled into Vancouver's English Bay last week as the Coast Guard continued to answer criticism of how it responded to the situation.

Cleanup Efforts Continue Sunday On Vancouver Oil Spill

John Koopmans Found Guilty Of Second-degree Murder In Triple Shooting

John Koopmans Found Guilty Of Second-degree Murder In Triple Shooting
PENTICTON, B.C. — A majority of the 12 jurors who on Saturday convicted John Ike Koopmans of two counts of second-degree murder believe he should serve consecutive prison sentences of at least 15 years.

John Koopmans Found Guilty Of Second-degree Murder In Triple Shooting

Beaches Focus Of Vancouver Spill Cleanup After Fuel Removed From Water

Beaches Focus Of Vancouver Spill Cleanup After Fuel Removed From Water
VANCOUVER — Crews shifted focus on Saturday to cleaning the shoreline after the toxic spill in Vancouver's English Bay, as questions continued about whether the city's shuttered coast guard station could have meant a speedier response.

Beaches Focus Of Vancouver Spill Cleanup After Fuel Removed From Water

B.C. Treaty Process Too Slow, But What's Next For Governments, First Nations?

B.C. Treaty Process Too Slow, But What's Next For Governments, First Nations?
VICTORIA — There is easy agreement between First Nations and the British Columbia and federal governments that treaty negotiations are languishing, 

B.C. Treaty Process Too Slow, But What's Next For Governments, First Nations?