Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer said it represented three Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation companies in the case, but on Friday one of the firm's lawyers told the N.W.T Supreme Court that was no longer the case.
An Inuvik man became one of the few people in the Northwest Territories to avoid a lengthy jail sentence after being convicted of attacking someone with a knife.
Posted: Apr 26, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 26
James George Thomas s trail is expected to last for five weeks in Yellowknife.(Walter Strong/CBC)
A key witness in the murder trial of a Hay River, N.W.T., man testified that the accused, James George Thomas, was the one who suggested robbing Alexander Norwegian the night Norwegian died in December 2017.
Thomas is facing first-degree murder and robbery charges in connection with Norwegian s death.
Thomas is one of four cousins charged. Two have already been sentenced after pleading guilty to lesser charges, while the trial of the fourth cousin, Levi Cayen, is scheduled for February 2022. Cayen is also charged with first-degree murder and robbery.