Man charged with killing Red Deer doctor appears in court
RED DEER, Alta. – A man charged in the slaying of a family doctor at a central Alberta medical clinic made a brief court appearance Thursday in advance of his trial later this year.
Deng Mabiour, 54, has been deemed fit to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Dr. Walter Reynolds, who was killed at the Village Mall Walk-In Clinic in Red Deer last August.
Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Paul Belzil, who will be presiding over the case, issued a publication ban on what was discussed in court Thursday.
Mabiour, clad in a blue prison jumpsuit and wearing a white mask, was accompanied by two sheriffs as he sat in the prisoner’s box.