Trial in school attack case set for spring

Trial dates have been set for a Rivers teen who’s accused of planning an attack on his high school.

The 14-year-old boy, who appeared in Brandon provincial court via video from the Manitoba Youth Centre in Winnipeg on Tuesday, will stand trial from April 5 to 8 and May 25 to 28 in Brandon.

The youth has been in custody since RCMP arrested him on a school bus on March 16.

He faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder, counselling the offence of murder and two counts of uttering threats.

RCMP allege the teen and a 15-year-old girl from Bridgewater, N.S., were planning simultaneous attacks to harm students at Rivers Collegiate and Park View Education Centre in Nova Scotia.