Case of Toronto van attack suspect put over to May

The case of a man accused of killing 10 people after driving a van down a busy sidewalk in Toronto has been put over to next month.

Alek Minassian, of Richmond Hill, faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder for allegedly mowing down people with a rented van along a busy Yonge Street sidewalk on April 23, 2018.

The Crown and defence will continue their judicial pre-trial discussions on May 7.

Ontario’s deputy attorney general granted the prosecution’s request to skip a preliminary hearing and proceed directly to trial.

The trial is scheduled for February 2020.

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