Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the second-degree murder trial for Tyler Sels, who is accused of stabbing a man to death at a house party in 2018, has been adjourned to Sept. 27.
Jury selection will begin Sept. 27 at 9 a.m.
Sels is charged with one count of second-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault, one count of assault with a weapon, four counts of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace and one count of breach of probation.
Sels was committed to trial in January 2020 by Ontario Court Justice John Keast. The trial was scheduled to begin March 29.
The stabbing happened at a party outside a residence on Levesque Street, off The Kingsway. According to police, Charles St. Jean, 27, succumbed to stab wounds. Two other people were also stabbed and treated at hospital.
