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N.S. contractor convicted of fraud has 8 charges dropped

Some of the dozens of charges laid against a Nova Scotia contractor convicted of fraud have been dismissed. 

Robert Allan Monk, 51, still faces dozens of charges

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A man with a u-shaped hairline and disheveled hair is wearing a paint-splattered black t-shirt. His left arm is on his hip.
The Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service says a judge dropped eight of 52 charges facing Monk due to no realistic prospect of conviction. (Submitted by Charlene Mills)

A few of the long list of charges against a Nova Scotia contractor convicted of fraud have been dismissed. 

Crown prosecutors withdrew eight of the 52 charges against Robert Allan Monk, 51, when Monk appeared in court in Dartmouth earlier this month.

The Crown offered no evidence on the eight charges due to no realistic prospect of conviction, according to the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service.

Monk has been convicted of fraud three times and was forbidden from using online ad services such as Kijiji and Facebook to find clients, an order he's accused of ignoring.

Halifax Regional Police laid multiple charges against Monk at the end of 2021 in connection to home improvement jobs for a number of people between May 2020 and May 2021. 

In April, RCMP announced dozens more charges against him. 

The 52 charges are related to one of three cases currently pending against Monk, all at different stages in the court process. All three cases consist of multiple counts of fraud, according to the prosecution service. Monk is now facing more than 70 charges in total.

He is expected to be back in court on Sept. 1. 

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