Brian James (B.J.) Marriott has pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault in relation to an incident at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., in December 2019.
Posted: May 07, 2021 9:54 AM AT | Last Updated: May 7
Cells are seen during a media tour of renovations at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in 2018.(Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
The trials of 15 men charged with attempted murder in the beating of another man have been postponed indefinitely because of the pandemic.
All 16 men were inmates at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., in December 2019 when the beating occurred. The victim was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries but has recovered.
Because of the logistics involved in bringing 15 men to trial, the case was separated into two hearings. The first of those was to begin Monday at a specially constructed courtroom in the Nova Centre in downtown Halifax.