Andre Denny trial in death of Raymond Taavel delayed until spring
Defence lawyers say they are waiting for expert reports before they can move ahead
There's been another delay in a high-profile murder case involving the killing of a Nova Scotia gay rights activist.
Andre Denny was supposed to go on trial next month for second-degree murder in the April 2012 death of 49-year-old Raymond Taavel.
Lawyers met with Justice Peter Rosinski on Monday morning to discuss the status of the case. Defence lawyers said they are waiting for expert reports before they can move ahead; the trial has now been pushed back until to April.
Denny was originally supposed to be tried in September 2014. But on the eve of that trial he fired his lawyer, Don Murray.
Since then, a senior lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid, Robert Gregan, has taken over Denny's defence.
Denny has been in custody at the East Coast Forensic Hospital since his arrest in 2012. He was a patient at the hospital at the time of Taavel's death but had gone AWOL.
Denny was at the hospital after being found not criminally responsible for previous offences.