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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.

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