There is news about a couple of provincial court matters stemming from prominent criminal cases in the news in the area:
The man accused of a robbery from spring 2016 at Landis made his first appearance in court Tuesday.
Avery Cutarm faces charges of robbery, disguise with intent to commit an offence, forcible confinement, break and enter, and theft of a motor vehicle.
He appeared before Judge Dan O’Hanlon in North Battleford court Tuesday. Cutarm is currently serving time on another matter in the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert.
Cutarm has been remanded to April 12 when he is due to appear again by CCTV. He will continue to serve in the Prince Albert penitentiary until then.
As well, one of the individuals accused in connection to an early-January robbery on Mosquito First Nation, Jamieson Wahobin, entered guilty pleas on other charges he faced stemming from May and July of 2017, respectively.
Wahobin entered guilty pleas to counts of driving while disqualified and failure to appear stemming from the summer of 2017. He was sentenced to a $1,000 fine on the driving while disqualified charge and a $250 fine on the failure to appear; Wahobin also was handed a two-year driving prohibition.
As for the robbery charge, Wahobin is due to come back to provincial court April 3. He remains remanded in custody.
