Not guilty pleas entered for two men charged in relation to fight at P.E.I. Acadian Festival
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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Two males accused of collaborating in a high-profile assault finally yr’s Evangeline Acadian Pageant have pleaded not responsible to the fees towards them.
Counsel representing each Troy Gallant, 28, of Abram-Village, and Darren Richard, 29, of Egmont Bay entered pleas on their behalf in provincial courtroom in Summerside on Jan. 18.
Gallant is charged with one depend of assault whereas Richard is going through one cost of assault and one cost of uttering a loss of life menace.
Each males can be again in courtroom on Feb. 1 at 9:30 a.m. so the courtroom can set trial dates.
Counsel for 2 different males going through fees stemming from the identical incident, Samuel Bernard, 25, of Urbainville and Tyson Arsenault, 23, of Wellington, requested one other adjournment earlier than they enter their pleas. They are going to be again in courtroom for an additional replace on Jan. 25.
Bernard is charged with one depend of assault and Arsenault is charged with one depend of mischief.
The costs stem from an incident on the Evangeline Recreation Centre in Abram-Village, reported to police round 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 3. Responding officers realized that there had been an altercation within the parking zone following a Friday evening dance on the Acadian Pageant and Agricultural Exhibition.
The 2 victims, males aged 28 and 39, have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening accidents and have been launched shortly after. Each victims have been newcomers to Canada, reportedly initially from Algeria.
One of many victims was an worker at La Coopérative d’intégration francophone (CIF), whereas the opposite was a CIF shopper.
On Sept. 4, the day after the assault, the CIF, in a written assertion, condemned the assaults as “acts of racist violence.” Within the days following, a variety of neighborhood leaders, together with Premier Dennis King, and native and provincial organizations issued comparable statements.
Colin MacLean is a reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He may be reached by e-mail at [email protected] and adopted on Twitter @JournalPMacLean.
