Domestic-violence suspect denies charges
Kaleb Vernon Mathews, 31, says he was previously denied legal aid, but has since lost job
A Fredericton man accused of assaulting his partner and then violating an order to have no contact with her or their kids denied the allegations against him, and might represent himself at trial.
Kaleb Vernon Mathews, 31, of no fixed address, appeared in Fredericton provincial court Monday to answer to numerous charges stemming from an intimate-partner violence investigation.
The defendant elected to be tried in provincial court and pleaded not guilty to Jan. 15, 2023, counts of assaulting Lindsay Mathews, choking her to facilitate the assault and possessing a knife for the purpose of committing an offence.