Carriere To Head To Trial In September

Carriere To Head To Trial In September

Friday, March 11, 2005 at 08:32

A judge in Prince Albert has set a date for a former high-ranking government employee to go to trial.

Murdoch Carriere will appear in Court of Queen’s Bench on September 19th.

He is charged with assaulting four women — two of them sexually — during his time as a director with Saskatchewan Environment.

Carriere, who is originally from Cumberland House, was initially charged in November of 2003 after a report detailing allegations of sexual impropriety wound up in a Saskatoon newspaper.

Carriere has since filed a lawsuit against the paper for defamation, as well as the minister responsible for its release – Joanne Crawford.

Carriere has already elected to be tried by judge and jury.

His trial is scheduled to wrap up on September 30th.