STEPHEN RICCIO
PONTIAC Oct. 7, 2020
An Oct. 7 hearing for a Fort Coulonge man accused of murder saw a successful defence request for more evidence before going forward with preliminary hearings, meaning an additional hearing will take place on Nov. 2 before going to trial.
The accused, 37 year-old Johan Mitchell Blake MacLennan is facing a first-degree murder change stemming from . . .
the death of 61 year-old Fort Coulonge man Harold Plugowsky.
Plugowsky died early in the morning of Sept. 3 after being found by Sûreté de Quebec (SQ) at a Fort Coulonge residence on the evening of Sept. 2. Plugowsky’s cause of death was head trauma from an object.
MacLennan was charged on Sept. 3 and has since been held at Hull’s detention facility.
Defence Attorney Vincent Mendo requested that he get access to more evidence and Crown Proseuctor Stéphane Rolland agreed.
According to Bonnie Bowers, Campbell’s Bay courthouse clerk, the Nov. 2 date will be used to determine a further date for proceedings while the defence checks all the evidence.
The Nov. 2 hearing will take place in the Gatineau Courthouse at 9 a.m. Because of COVID-19, video streaming will assist the process.
