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Murder accused to return to court

A Saddle Lake Cree man charged in an August murder returns to Wetaskiwin provincial court on Nov. 6.

A Saddle Lake Cree man charged in an August murder returns to Wetaskiwin provincial court on Nov. 6.

Members of the Hobbema and Wetaskiwin RCMP were called to investigate a fight between two men near the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach at about 11 p.m. on Aug. 30.

Officers found Perry Johnson, 17, suffering from life-threatening injuries. Emergency crews transported the youth to hospital, where he died of his wounds the following day.

Chris Norbert, 22, is charged with second-degree murder.