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The crown’s star witness in a homicide trial will stay behind bars till she testifies, regardless that the prosecution agreed to her launch after her arrest on a witness warrant.
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Larissa Cowan appeared in Calgary provincial courtroom Friday on 26 costs, together with seven break-and-enter costs and a number of counts of breaching courtroom orders.
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Protection counsel Mary Stephensen has scheduled a bail listening to on her shopper’s behalf for March 28, simply days earlier than accused assassin Michael Onischuk’s Court docket of King’s Bench trial is scheduled to finish.
Crown legal professional Thom Forsyth advised Decide Lloyd Robertson within the provincial courtroom that the prosecution was against Cowan’s launch.
Cowan was scheduled to testify Thursday in Onischuk’s second-degree homicide trial — however after police had been unable to achieve her final weekend, prosecutor Vicki Faulkner filed for a fabric witness warrant for her arrest Wednesday.
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Cowan was picked up inside hours and appeared earlier than Decide David Labrenz Thursday morning the place Faulkner indicated she was prepared to comply with Cowan’s launch on strict situations, which embody home arrest and every day reporting to police.
However as a result of Cowan had excellent legal costs, for which she was additionally arrested, she remained behind bars pending her newest courtroom look.
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Cowan will take the witness stand on Monday
Onischuk is charged with homicide within the Oct. 29, 2020, demise of his cousin Jessie Hanaghan, who died in a capturing spree on the Copperpond Frequent SE house they shared.
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He’s additionally charged with the tried homicide of Cowan, his girlfriend on the time, in the identical incident.
In her opening deal with Wednesday, Faulkner indicated that Cowan was on the house to assist Onischuk transfer in when she advised him she was leaving.
He indicated he wished to make use of her automotive and pointed a pistol at her. She advised him to cease and initially he unloaded the weapon earlier than placing the clip again and capturing her within the face.
The bullet entered her mouth, exited by her cheek, pierced a bed room wall and struck Hanaghan — who was standing in the lounge — within the coronary heart, Faulkner stated.
Cowan is predicted to take the witness stand on Monday.
KMartin@postmedia.com
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