Keswick Ridge man accused of sexual abuse
70-year-old defendant's case adjourned this week to seek counsel, Crown disclosure
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story identified the defendant, but a court later extended a publication ban in the case to his name, as it could tend to identify the two complainants.
A Keswick Ridge man is set to return to court next month to elect mode of trial and enter pleas on allegations dating back decades involving sexual abuse of two different minors.
The 70-year-old man appeared in Fredericton provincial court for the first time Wednesday to answer to four charges, all alleging sexual offences against underage complainants.
Crown prosecutor Jennifer Bueno requested publication bans on information that would tend to identify those complainants, Judge Mélanie Poirier LeBlanc imposed those orders.