CANADA
Nunatsiaq Online
DAVID MURPHY
The trial of ex-Nunavut priest Eric Dejaeger will likely adjourn for a third time as lawyers continue to wrangle over the admission of certain pieces of evidence.
The court was supposed to hear final arguments and conclude the trial by March 21, but that doesn’t look possible now.
That’s because Crown prosecutors presented Justice Robert Kilpatrick with a third application March 19 to have the court consider certain evidence.
In this one, Crown prosecutor Barry Nordin seeks permission to have what’s called similar fact evidence admitted in the case.
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