A trial is set for a man charged in connection to a violent home invasion in Unity.
Drayden Clinton, 25, of Macklin, appeared in North Battleford Provincial court May 26. Clinton was denied bail and has been in custody since Jan. 31 after Unity RCMP executed a search warrant at a home in Macklin. The police say they were investigating the home invasion in Unity and a break-in at a home in Macklin.
According to Unity RCMP, the victims were known to Clinton and his co-accused Tenielle Heitt, 31, of Unity. Heitt was released on bail in February and is charged with unlawful confinement, break and enter, possession of property obtained by crime, uttering threats, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. She appears next in Unity Circuit Court on July 20 to enter a plea.
Clinton is charged with unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, uttering death threats, carrying a weapon for a dangerous purpose, wearing a mask in the commission of an offence, possessing ammunition while prohibited, possessing brass knuckles while prohibited, possessing Mace while prohibited, possession of property obtained by crime, break and enter and commit robbery, commit bank card fraud over $5,000 and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
Clinton has pleaded not guilty and a trial is set in North Battleford Provincial Court on June 22.
