Trial delayed in fatal Canada Day 2016 crash that claimed two teens
The trial for a Red Deer man charged in a fatal crash that killed two local teens in 2016 has been delayed.
Dylan James Beauclair, 20, is charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and two more of dangerous driving causing bodily harm in the July 1, 2016 crash that killed 16-year-old Ashleigh Smith of Springbrook and 18-year-old John Dolliver of Penhold.
A three-day judge-alone trial for Beauclair was scheduled to start in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday but Justice J.W. Hopkins granted an adjournment application from defence counsel Donna Derie-Gillespie after she cited a Charter breach in the case.
Derie-Gillespie told court she received updated disclosure information regarding a witness from the Crown overnight and now needs time to review it in the interests of trial fairness.