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Court date adjourned for U.S. consulate bomb case in Halifax

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The court case for the man facing charges after a bomb threat against the U.S. consulate in Halifax has been adjourned.

The province’s public prosecution service says Ali Assakereh appeared in court Thursday for an election or plea but that has been pushed to next month at the request of the defence.

It was August 9 when police learned of the threat.

The next day, officers allegedly found a vehicle with propane tanks and flammable gas parked in Purdy’s Wharf. In response, police shut down several streets in the downtown core and forced people to evacuate.

The 54-year-old is facing public mischief, uttering threats and a threat against an internationally protected person, which is a terrorism offence.

Assakereh is scheduled for court November 2.

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Court case in death of missing newborn adjourned until July

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The court case in the death of a missing newborn just outside of Halifax has been adjourned at the request of the Defense, until next month.

The province’s public prosecution service says Sukhpreet Singh, 23, and his 26-year-old wife Ramandeep Kaur are scheduled to enter an election and/or plea, July 24.

The two are facing charges that include resisting a peace officer, obstructing justice, concealing the body of a child and indignity to human remains.

It was May 22 when the mother arrived at a Halifax hospital in critical condition and appeared to have just given birth.

But the baby was missing.

A search for the infant began in Clayton Park and lasted day and night until its remains were found in the woods two days later off Old Coach Road – about 15 minutes from Halifax.

Police say they believe the 23-year-old mother experienced a medical emergency and her condition was not the result of violence.

Singh is a relative of the newborn’s mother. Both Singh and Kaur remain in custody.