City man denies assaulting minor with knife
Tom Van Velzen, 20, of Fredericton, pleads not guilty to summary charges, trial set for 2027
Counsel representing a Fredericton man accused of a knife attack and confinement of a minor said she’d hoped for a resolution, but after weeks of failed talks, her client wanted to take the matter to trial.
Tom Van Velzen, 20, of Boyne Court, was accompanied in Fredericton provincial court Friday by defence counsel Spencer MacInnis, scheduled for pleas on two summary charges.
The defendant faces counts of assaulting an unnamed minor with a weapon (a knife) and unlawfully confining that same complainant, both in Fredericton on Jan. 11.
