Close X
Thursday, November 14, 2024
ADVT 
National

Lawyer For Student Charged With First-degree Murder To Argue To Bail Review

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 May, 2016 11:45 AM
    HALIFAX — The lawyer for a Dalhousie University medical student accused of murdering a fellow student is expected to argue in court today that his client should be granted a bail review.
     
    Eugene Tan argued last month that a judge's decision last October to deny bail to William Sandeson should be reviewed.
     
    Tan says some information provided to the judge last fall was revealed to be "unreliable" in a subsequent preliminary hearing.
     
    All of the evidence before the courts is protected by a routine publication ban.
     
    Tan filed a notice of his intention to seek a review, but says the original judge must first hear arguments on the merit of such an application.
     
    Sandeson was charged with the first-degree murder of Taylor Samson on Aug. 20, 2015 and ordered to stand trial on March 29 following the preliminary hearing.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Montreal Police Looking To Share Results Of Project To Counter Elder Abuse

    Montreal Police Looking To Share Results Of Project To Counter Elder Abuse
    As of May 5, all front-line Montreal police officers will receive training on how to identify and follow up on signs of mistreatment of seniors, even in non-criminal cases.

    Montreal Police Looking To Share Results Of Project To Counter Elder Abuse

    Munchable Pot Goodies Pose Health Risks, Especially To Kids, Federal Paper Warns

    Munchable Pot Goodies Pose Health Risks, Especially To Kids, Federal Paper Warns
    It flags the public safety concern as one of the many obstacles Canada must negotiate on the path to regulating the drug, drawing on tragic lessons from Colorado.

    Munchable Pot Goodies Pose Health Risks, Especially To Kids, Federal Paper Warns

    Switch To Jail Uniforms Takes Away Pride And Dignity, Inmate Says

    Switch To Jail Uniforms Takes Away Pride And Dignity, Inmate Says
    If it's true that clothes make the man, convicted robber Kevin Roberts says wearing orange coveralls at Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's, N.L., isn't making him a better one.

    Switch To Jail Uniforms Takes Away Pride And Dignity, Inmate Says

    Long-Form Census Forms Return To Mailboxes This Week After Absence

    Long-Form Census Forms Return To Mailboxes This Week After Absence
    Monday marks the start of mailings from Statistics Canada of census surveys, including the return of the mandatory, long-form questionnaire that was replaced with a voluntary survey five years ago.

    Long-Form Census Forms Return To Mailboxes This Week After Absence

    Senate And P.E.I. Gear Up For Mike Duffy's Expected Return This Week

    Senate And P.E.I. Gear Up For Mike Duffy's Expected Return This Week
    Canadians could be forgiven for assuming P.E.I. residents are all feeling a sense of relief as Sen. Mike Duffy — the Island's most high-profile political export — prepares to return to the Senate

    Senate And P.E.I. Gear Up For Mike Duffy's Expected Return This Week

    Reena Virk Murder: Vancouver Teen Killer Kelly Ellard Seeks Day Parole After 18 Years

    Reena Virk Murder: Vancouver Teen Killer Kelly Ellard Seeks Day Parole After 18 Years
    Kelly Ellard was 15 years old in November 1997 when she smashed Virk's head against a tree and then held the Grade 9 student's head underwater until she stopped moving.

    Reena Virk Murder: Vancouver Teen Killer Kelly Ellard Seeks Day Parole After 18 Years