Teens opt for jury trial in manslaughter case
Crown seeks adult sentences should youths be convicted for attacking man in Tannery
A jury will decide the case of three teenagers accused of causing a man’s death by attacking him in Fredericton’s downtown bar district last fall.
The Fredericton Police Force charged three teenage boys last fall with a joint count of manslaughter, alleging they caused the death of André Bourgeois, 41, of Grande-Digue, on Sept. 22, by assaulting him in the Tannery, a courtyard space in the capital’s downtown bar district.
Though the incident in the Tannery occurred in the early-morning hours of Sept. 22, Bourgeois died a few days later.
The three defendants’ identities are protected as per the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The case was back in Fredericton youth court Wednesday for election of mode of trial.