Police charged Richard Robert Mantha with multiple offences after several women who work in the sex trade were allegedly kidnapped, drugged and sexually assaulted.
The trial for an accused serial rapist will continue more than 15 months after it was derailed.Richard Robert Mantha's trial is set to continue in May 2025, 15 months after it began. The trial was derailed after Mantha fired two sets of lawyers and suffered a stroke, all within the past eight months. The trial for an accused serial rapist will continue more than 15 months after it was derailed.
The 60-year-old is accused of kidnapping, drugging and raping women, most of whom he met through Calgary's sex trade. In sorting out whether Mantha's trial would be able to continue as scheduled in November, Justice Judith Shriar was told the stroke had affected the accused's ability to speak.That issue complicated Mantha's ability to instruct his lawyer and raised concerns about whether he would be able to testify in his own defence.
Mantha's latest lawyer, his third in eight months, told the court Tuesday he is still considering applying for a fitness hearing to determine if Mantha can stand trial given his post-stroke disabilities.
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