A trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday at a Halifax convention centre for six of the 15 inmates accused of participating in a vicious assault of another prisoner at a Nova Scotia jail.
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Posted: Mar 05, 2021 6:04 PM AT | Last Updated: March 5
Matthew Percy is shown outside a Halifax provincial court courtroom on June 19, 2018.(Brian MacKay/CBC)
A former groundskeeper at Saint Mary s University faces a lengthy stint in prison for raping a young woman in her university dorm room in December, 2014.
Matthew Albert Percy was convicted following a trial in February of last year.
On Friday, lawyers for the Crown and defence appeared in Nova Scotia Supreme Court to make sentencing arguments.
Those included testimony from an expert in sexual deviancy who conducted a sex-offender risk assessment on Percy.
Crown prosecutor Rick Woodburn is recommending a seven-year sentence while Percy s lawyer, Michelle James, is advocating for 4½ years.
This many people have been charged with violating Nova Scotia s COVID-19 protocols
Data obtained by CBC News details the number of people who have been charged with violating COVID-19 protocols in Nova Scotia since the pandemic began in March.
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Summary offence tickets were issued to 613 different people, 3 businesses from March 24 to Dec. 14
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 21, 2020
According to the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service, 257 cases of violating COVID-19 public health orders have been processed so far by the courts.(Kate Bueckert/CBC)
More than 600 people have been charged with violating COVID-19 health orders in Nova Scotia since the pandemic began, with 18 people facing more than one charge.
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