Resolute Bay man appears in court for 1st-degree murder charge
Babah Kalluk, 44, accused of killing his mother
A Resolute Bay man faces a first-degree murder charge in the killing of his mother. Babah Kalluk appeared virtually Tuesday in an Iqaluit courtroom. (File photo)
A Resolute Bay man charged with first-degree murder appeared virtually Tuesday in an Iqaluit courtroom.
Babah Kalluk, 44, a slim man with close-cut hair and wearing a short-sleeved blue jail robe, joined the proceedings from where he is being held in custody in Iqaluit.
A few members of the public also attended in the courtroom.
RCMP charged Kalluk on Nov. 23 with first-degree murder, assault and indignity to human remains, according to court documents.
Zipporah Kalluk, Babah’s mother, is identified as the victim in court documents. His family identified Zipporah Kalluk as the accused’s mother in a Nov. 29 GoFundMe post raising money for funeral expenses.
Babah Kalluk met with a lawyer Monday and will be represented by defence lawyers Ioannis Yannakis and Matthew Eaton-Kent, Yannakis announced in the courtroom.
The charges are new and “complicated,” Crown prosecutor Christopher McCarthy said, adding that in these circumstances it would take two to three months to gather evidence.
Babah Kalluk is scheduled to appear in court again on March 4.
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