Sailboat cocaine case delayed again as smuggler captain switches lawyers
HALIFAX — The sentencing hearing for a sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has been delayed yet again — this time for a change of lawyers.
Lawyer Patrick MacEwen informed Judge Gregory Lenehan that he was appearing for Jacques John Grenier in Halifax provincial court Monday. He didn’t say why defence lawyer Brad Sarson is no longer on the case.
Lenhan asked Grenier to confirm that Sarson was no longer representing him.
“Yes, your honour,” he said before being remanded back into custody.