Sex-crime suspect parts ways with lawyer
Donald Ashley MacPherson, 65, of Noonan, had been scheduled to stand trial later this week on allegations of sexual assault, sexual exploitation involving two girls in 2022-23
Editor’s note: The defendant in this court report and the journalist covering the case share the same first and last names, but they aren’t related or connected in any way.
A judge cancelled a Noonan man’s trial - set to begin later this week - on charges of sexual assault and touching of minors after hearing Tuesday that he and his defence counsel had a falling out.
Donald Ashley MacPherson, 65, of Hughes Street in Noonan but formerly of Canada Street in Fredericton, elected last year to be tried in provincial court and pleaded not guilty to two indictable counts each of sexual assault, sexual interference and sexual exploitation.