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The Richmound man who housed the self-proclaimed Queen of Canada was back in court this week as trial dates are in the final stages of being nailed down.
Ricky Manz had matters in court on Wednesday, where the case was ultimately given another week-long adjournment.
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Both defence counsel Clinton Yarshenko and Crown prosecutor Pamela Larmondin, had other counsel appear as their agents. The court thoroughly canvassed trial dates and offered multi-day trial slots, including September 21-23, October 5-8, November 2-5, November 30-December 3, and January 5-8.
November 2 through November 5 was ideal, although the trial could only be set tentatively, as minimal instruction was left by Larmondin.
Judge Jacobson expressed concern over holding what will be a four-day trial in Leader, although the court normally likes to run trials and sentencing as locally as possible to the community where the alleged offence occurred.
“It’s stretching logistical feasibility to try to do the trial all in Leader,” he said.
Manz faces eight charges, including assault on a peace officer, assault, resisting arrest, uttering threats, obstructing a municipal employee, mischief and failure to comply with an undertaking.
He is scheduled to return to court on Wednesday to confirm the November dates as trial dates.
