Saskatchewan farmer ordered to stand trial in shooting death of indigenous man
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — A judge has ordered a Saskatchewan farmer to stand trial in the shooting death of an indigenous man.
The decision came at the end of a preliminary hearing for Gerald Stanley.
Stanley is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie who was shot and killed on Stanley’s farm near Biggar, Sask. on Aug. 9, 2016.
Details of the preliminary hearing are under a publication ban.