Pair charged in Halifax mall plot to go to trial as preliminary hearing wraps

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HALIFAX – Two people accused of plotting to attack a Halifax shopping mall will go to trial.

Twenty-three-year-old Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath of Geneva, Ill., and 21-year-old Randall Steven Shepherd of Halifax are each charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit arson, illegal possession of dangerous weapons and making a threat through social media.

The accused are to appear in Nova Scotia Supreme Court Aug. 6 for a pre-trial hearing.

A publication ban prohibits reporting what was heard during a three-day preliminary hearing which concluded today after one witness testified.

The Crown alleges the two accused, along with a 19-year-old man found dead in his Halifax home, had planned to attack the Halifax Shopping Centre on Valentine’s Day.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Outside Halifax provincial court, Crown attorney Mark Heerema said the pair would face a jury trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

He said it was unclear when the trial would be held, but he suggested that it would likely take up several weeks in the fall of 2016.

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