Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in death of Indigenous man in court on gun charges
BATTLEFORD, Sask. — A Saskatchewan farmer who was acquitted last month in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is to be back in court April 16 to face gun charges.
Gerald Stanley was charged in November 2016 with two counts of unsafe storage of firearms and his case was up Monday in a North Battleford, Sask., courtroom.
The charges relate to the police investigation that began after Colten Boushie, 22, was shot and killed on Stanley’s farm in August 2016.
Stanley wasn’t in court nor was his lawyer, Scott Spencer, who called in for the proceeding.