Linda Lorraine Howe, charged with 10 offences including three counts of attempted murder in connection with the alleged shooting March 31 at Christenson Village in Gibsons, will see her case go directly to trial in Vancouver Supreme Court.
Howe made her latest court appearance, appearing by video link from the Surrey pre-trial centre on July 16 in Sechelt provincial court.
According to Crown counsel Trevor Cockfield, Howe, through her lawyer, consented to go straight to trial in Supreme Court without having a preliminary hearing.
Howe will appear in Supreme Court in Vancouver on Sept. 16 to fix a date for her trial to begin, most likely for sometime in 2010.
Howe allegedly shot Christenson Village employee Kenn Perrier when Perrier and other employees knocked on her suite at the care home to begin to transfer her to another facility.
After the shooting began, Howe made her way down the hallway of the facility and out the front door, where she commandeered a car and started to drive out of the parking lot as police arrived on the scene. Howe was shot by RCMP, bringing an end to the stand-off.
The investigation into the police actions during the incident is nearing completion according to senior media relations' officer Sgt. Peter Thiessen. Victoria police have been acting as observers during the investigation.
A separate investigation by Vancouver Coastal Health and Christenson Village is also ongoing.
B&E sentence
A 39-year-old Sechelt woman has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for her part in a business break and enter on May 8.
Elissa Joe received her sentence in Sechelt provincial court on Monday morning, July 20. Joe has already been in jail five months and was given credit for time served by the court, meaning she will serve nine more months.
On May 8, a women's boutique in the 5600 block of Cowrie Street was broken into. Several thousand dollars worth of clothing, purses and jewellery were stolen. Police located the majority of the stolen goods near the scene where they arrested Joe.
