NORTH BATTLEFORD – The defence and Crown Prosecutor are finalizing a resolution in a joint agreement for a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of Damian Moosomin.
An agent acting for defence waived 36-year-old Denver Roy’s appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court Oct. 1 and asked for an adjournment.
Senior Crown Prosecutor Jennifer Schmidt told the court that resolution talks are ongoing.
“We basically have a resolution and it’s just a matter of implementing it.”
In May, the court ordered a psychiatric assessment on Roy at the Saskatchewan Hospital forensic unit in North Battleford.
Others arrested for Moosomin’s murder include Tye Partridge, Melissa Semaganis, Jannay Blackbird, Stormy Wapass-Semaganis, and a young offender who can’t be identified in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Partridge, Blackbird, Wapass-Semaganis, and Semaganis are all charged with first-degree murder. The young offender is charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
Semaganis was granted bail after a show cause hearing in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench June 14. She was arrested three months later for failing to comply with release conditions and returned to Pine Grove Correctional Centre for women in Prince Albert.
Wapass-Semaganis had a bail hearing in Battleford Court of Queen’s Bench in June and the judge ordered a ban on publication of the results.
The charges against the accused haven’t been proven in court.
Moosomin was reported missing to police May 11, 2020, and his body was found five days later in the 1500 block of 105 Street in North Battleford.
