Rushton finds new lawyer
Posted Nov 26, 2015 12:52:50 PM.
Last Updated Nov 26, 2015 12:53:14 PM.
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HALIFAX – A man who dismissed his lawyer just before being tried on two counts of first-degree murder has found a new lawyer.
Luke Craggs will represent Gerald Ashley Rushton, who is accused of killing his common-law wife and her daughter.
The bodies of Elizabeth MacPherson, 53, and Brittany MacPherson, 24, were found on Dec. 27, 2013, inside a home near Bible Hill, N.S.
Rushton’s five-week jury trial was scheduled to begin Oct. 26 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax.
Rushton informed the court that he had dismissed his lawyer on Oct. 27, after he had pleaded not guilty and just before the first witnesses were to testify.
A pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Dec. 14.
