Man charged in teen sex abuse case chooses jury trial
Posted Jan 23, 2013 02:27:13 PM.
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A Halifax man facing charges after the alleged confinement of a 16-year-old boy in rural Nova Scotia has elected to be tried by a judge and jury in the province’s Supreme Court.
The election was entered by the lawyer for 63-year-old John Leonard MacKean, who did not appear at a hearing today in Bridgewater provincial court.
MacKean, who is charged with sexual assault and communicating for the purpose of obtaining sexual services from a person under 18, is scheduled to appear for a preliminary inquiry on July 25.
MacKean was arrested in November at a hotel in Fredericton.
Police launched an investigation in September after a woman in Upper Chelsea, N.S., reported that a barefoot and shackled teen had shown up on her doorstep seeking help.
David James LeBlanc also faces seven charges in the case and is to return to court in April for a preliminary inquiry.
