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Trial date set for first degree murder charge

June 7, 2017

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GORE BAY—A trial date has been set for January 2 to 26, 2018 for the three individuals charged with the first degree murder of Percy (Junior) Simon, aged 33, of Wiikwemkoong.

As The Expositor reported previously, Robert Travis Wemigwans and Tammy Trudeau, both of Wiikwemkoong, and Byron Kagige of Hamilton were charged following an altercation at a home on Andrew Crescent in Wiikwemkoong on May 17, 2015 that led to the Mr. Simon’s untimely death.

The January 2018 trial will take place in Gore Bay court.

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Alicia McCutcheon

Alicia McCutcheon has served as editor-in-chief of The Manitoulin Expositor and The Manitoulin West Recorder since 2011. She grew up in the newspaper business and earned an Honours B.A. in communications from Laurentian University, Sudbury, also achieving a graduate certificate in journalism, with distinction, from Cambrian College. Ms. McCutcheon has received peer recognition for her writing, particularly on the social consequences of the Native residential school program. She manages a staff of four writers from her office at The Manitoulin Expositor in Little Current.