There’s another delay in the start of the trial of a man facing charges including impaired driving causing death.
The Stratford Beacon Herald reports that the lawyer representing accused Favian Lee-Allert asked for a month-long adjournment in the case in court on Monday as he says he will be meeting with the Crown later this week.
It’s the same request the lawyer made in November.
It was approved by Ontario Court Justice Kathryn McKerlie but she told the lawyer that he should be ready to resolve the matter or set a trial date when the case reconvenes on January 14th.
Nineteen-year-old Lee-Allert, from Burlington, faces seven charges including the impaired charge with none of the charges having been tested in court.
Eric Millar from Stratford was pronounced dead in hospital after a crash around 3:30 a.m. on October 28th in the intersection of Embro Road and Erie Street while two other people were taken to hospital in fair condition and later released.
Police say Lee-Allert was driving a Chrysler 300 westbound on Embro Road when it struck a boulevard, went across Erie Street and ended up on a lawn on the northwest side of the street.
