Accused cop killer heads to trial in January

Salamonie Goo Jaw, the man accused of killing Const. Jurgen Seewald more than two years ago, will be tried for first-degree murder in Cape Dorset beginning Jan. 27, 2004.

Lawyers for Crown and defence agreed to the date during a court appearance last Thursday. The trial is expected to last three weeks. Justice John Vertes of Yellowknife will hear the case.

Seewald, 47, was gunned down in Cape Dorset while responding to a domestic dispute on March 5, 2001. He is the only RCMP V division officer to die in the line of duty since the creation of Nunavut.

Jaw, 49, has been in custody at Baffin Correctional Centre since the shooting.