N.S. man faces incest allegations in N.B.
Defence has yet to receive disclosure of Crown file against 57-year-old Dartmouth man accused of abusing daughter in Coles Island area between 2019 and 2022
The defence for a Nova Scotia man accused of having intercourse with his underage daughter in recent years asked for his case to be adjourned Wednesday, noting it has yet to receive disclosure.
The 57-year-old Dartmouth man appeared in Fredericton provincial court Wednesday, charged with alleged sex offences against his daughter.
There’s a court-ordered publication ban protecting the girl’s identity, and given the relationship in the case, the defendant can’t be named either.
The accused faces charges of sexual assault, incest and sexual interference, all alleged to have occurred between Jan. 1, 2019, and Sept. 30, 2022, in the Coles Island area of New Brunswick, about an hour’s drive east of Fredericton.
The incest charge specifically alleges the defendant had sexual intercourse with the complainant knowing that she “was his daughter by blood relationship.”
Defence lawyer Edward Derrah said that as was the case the last time the case was before the court, he still hadn’t received disclosure of the Crown file. He asked that his client’s election of mode of trial and pleas be adjourned until he can get that and review it with the accused.
Judge Cameron Gunn set the matter over to Dec. 22.
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