Election reserved for accused murderer
The next appearance for the man accused in the bombing murder of Vicky Shachtay is Sept. 19.
A court appearance was scheduled for Brian Andrew Malley in Red Deer provincial court on Aug. 29. According to Alberta Justice, election and plea were reserved.
Election is where an accused person is able to select the court they will be tried in. The levels are provincial court judge, Court of Queen's Bench with a judge and a jury or Court of Queen's Bench with only a judge.
Malley is charged with first-degree murder, causing an explosion likely to cause serious bodily harm, death or damage to property and sending or delivering to a person an explosive device. He was released on $10,000 bail after an appearance in Edmonton court on June 28.
Plea delayed in crash case
Court election was delayed again in the case of a man charged after a devastating collision left four Filipino workers dead and one injured.
Tyler James Stevens had an appearance scheduled in Red Deer provincial court on Aug. 27. His election and plea were put over until Sept. 10.
He was charged after a collision on the QEII on March 4. It's alleged by police that Stevens was the driver and sole occupant of a Range Rover that was driving northbound in the southbound lane of the highway, resulting in a crash with a southbound vehicle carrying five people.
Stevens is facing a total of 20 charges. Those charges include four counts of impaired driving causing death, one charge of impaired driving causing bodily harm, four charges of criminal negligence causing death, one charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, four charges of driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit causing an accident causing death, one charge of driving with a blood-alcohol level over the legal limit causing an accident causing bodily harm and five charges of failing or refusing to provide a sample after causing an accident causing bodily harm or death.
