Case of man charged in deaths of three in fatal house fire adjourned
Posted May 1, 2015 06:53:06 AM.
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HALIFAX – The case of a man accused in the deaths of three people in a house fire in the Halifax area has been adjourned for two weeks.
Defence lawyer Malcolm Jeffcock said he needs more time to review the most recent psychiatric report on his client Codey Reginald Hennigar, who is charged with three counts of second-degree murder.
Jeffcock said he only received the report Wednesday, and the case was adjourned until May 15.
Hennigar was arrested after the remains of three people were found in a home in January.
Eighty-one-year-old Clifford William Ward, 54-year-old Mildred Ann Ward and 74-year-old Ida Raye Ward died.
The fire broke out on the afternoon of Jan. 7 in a rural, wooded area about 25 kilometres northeast of Halifax’s airport.
