An Innisfail financial planner charged in the bombing death of a young mother wants his court proceedings moved away from Red Deer.
Brian Andrew Malley, 56, is charged with first-degree murder, causing an explosion likely to cause harm or death and sending an explosive device.
Innisfail RCMP allege that Malley had a bomb delivered to the home of Vicky Shachtay, 23, who died in an explosion at her Innisfail home on Nov. 25, 2011. A care worker in the home was also injured. Shachtay’s seven-year-old daughter, Destiny, was not at home.
Shachtay was wheelchair-bound as the result of a vehicle collision in 2004.
Represented by Edmonton lawyer Bob Aloneissi, Malley was ordered to stand trial at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing in September. However, Red Deer lawyer Brad Mulder, acting on Aloneissi’s behalf, said in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday that the trial dates cannot be confirmed because Malley wants to be tried elsewhere.
An application for the change in venue is to be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench on May 12, 2014.
Depending on the outcome, Malley’s trial is tentatively scheduled to open in Red Deer with a voir dire, or trial within a trial, to be heard before the jury is assembled. The voir dire is set for Dec. 8 to 19, 2014.
The trial proper is scheduled for Jan. 26 to March 6, 2015.
Malley was released from custody on June 29, 2012, after posting $10,000 bail.