The State - News from May 12, 1988
An Alberta court granted a five-month delay in the extradition hearing of Charles Ng, a former U.S. Marine wanted by California authorities in 12 sex-torture slayings. Ng has been serving a 4 1/2-year prison term in Canada for shooting a store guard during his capture in Calgary in 1985. His lawyer, Don Macleod, argued that he had insufficient time to prepare Ng’s defense because it involved 500 pages of documents and 82 affidavits supplied by U.S. authorities. Judge Marguerite Trussler in Edmonton, Alberta, agreed to delay the extradition hearing to Oct. 17 from May 24.
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