Devries to enter guilty pleas later this month: lawyer
Former election candidate faces drug, sex charges
The former Marijuana Party candidate for Nunavut, David “Ed” deVries, will appear in court Feb.29, where he is expected to plead guilty to a number of charges currently before the court, his lawyer, Alison Crowe, said in court Feb.6.
Following RCMP searches conducted in August 2009, January 2010, and September 2011, deVries faces multiple charges of trafficking in marijuana.
He also faces unrelated charges of sexual assault and possession of child pornography.
It’s not clear what charges he has agreed to plead guilty to on Feb. 29.
Justice Earl Johnson of the Nunavut Court of Justice said in a written decision issued Jan. 25 that deVries may use cash seized from him by police to pay for his defence.
RCMP found $7,250 in his backpack on Jan. 29, 2009 and $32,465 at his residence on Sept. 11, 2011.
The money is related to the activities of the Qikiqtaaluk Compassion Society, a non-profit group deVries founded to promote “alternate healing methods” and the “safe provision” of medical marijuana, Johnson said in his judgment.
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