Two people, charged in connection with a “high-risk” arrest in Williams Lake are scheduled to go to trial.
34-year old Kyle Sellars and 42-year old Dezora Duncan are due back in Supreme Court on June 14, 2027 for jury selection.
The trial is expected to begin shortly after that.
Sellars and Duncan are both charged with aggravated assault, unlawful confinement, robbery using a restricted or prohibited firearm, and possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm.
Williams Lake RCMP say they responded to a report of a robbery where a person was held against their will back on August 22, 2023.
The victim, an adult male, told police that he had been robbed at gunpoint at a residence on Pigeon Road.
He said he was able to escape the home and flee to a neighbouring residence where he called police.
RCMP he was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
A suspect fled the area and police set up containment and called in the Emergency Response Team.
A woman at the residence was eventually arrested, and a suspect leaving the scene was later identified and taken into custody as well.
