The B.C. Supreme Court trial in Prince George of two people charged after a late 2020 drug bust did not proceed as scheduled on Jan. 6.
Daryl Michael Tugnum, 56, and Robyn Ann Bradley, 36, are both facing possession for the purpose of trafficking charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act: Tugnum regarding an alleged Nov. 28, 2020 offence and Bradley for an alleged Dec. 3, 2020 offence.
The case against did not proceed as scheduled after his lawyer, Benjamin Levine, applied for Tugnum to be heard by a Provincial Court judge instead.
Instead of proceeding with the trial against Bradley right away, Justice Maegen Giltrow agreed to the adjournment, after lawyers for the defence and Crown estimated “we can finish comfortably within five days.”
Federal prosecutor Mansi Khajuria said she has three witnesses scheduled, including two officers and the primary investigator. The primary investigator, Khajuria said, is only available to travel to Prince George next week and she suggested beginning then would make more sense chronologically.
Bradley’s lawyer, Jason LeBlond, said the trial moving to provincial court changed the structure of the case “very drastically” and it would be simpler to run the trial beginning Monday.
