Fatal Apartment Fire Suspect Headed To Trial

Fatal Apartment Fire Suspect Headed To Trial

Friday, January 22, 2010 at 15:12

A 19-year-old man has been committed to stand trial in connection to three deaths at a La Ronge apartment block last year.

Blake David Norman is facing a charge of arson and three counts of manslaughter related to last spring’s fatal fire at the Lakeview Apartments.

The fire claimed the lives of a local couple and their infant son.

Norman has been remanded in custody until his trial, which will be held at Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench at a yet-to-be-determined date.

He also faces additional charges of assault with a weapon and mischief under $5,000 on a separate matter in La Ronge last spring, and another set of charges from last November in Creighton, which led to him being returned to jail.