P.E.I. man accused of selling drugs that killed another man pleads not guilty
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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — A Clermont man accused of promoting the medication that killed a 27-year-old man from Burlington has pleaded not responsible to all the fees towards him.
Evan Shea Anchikoski, 29, is going through three counts of drug trafficking, one rely of possession of a prohibited substance for the aim of trafficking, one rely of assault and one rely of felony negligence inflicting dying.
On March 29, 2022, RCMP officers responded to a name at a house in Burlington. After they arrived, they discovered a 27-year-old man lifeless on the scene.
The Prince District JFO Drug Unit started an investigation and recognized Anchikoski as a suspect who allegedly offered the sufferer the medication that precipitated his dying. He was arrested and charged in October of final yr.
Anchikoski has been in custody since his arrest. It’s uncommon for a felony case to pull on this lengthy earlier than the accused enters a plea. However this case has been repeatedly delayed resulting from numerous components, to the annoyance of Choose Krista MacKay who had began expressing her frustration at its lack of progress whereas Anchikoski sat ready in jail.
Now {that a} plea has lastly been entered, the case will likely be referred to as once more in Summerside provincial court docket on Might 24 to set a trial date.
