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Fort Resolution man charged with murder makes first court appearance

A 30-year-old Fort Resolution man charged with murder in connection with the death of a man in the community on Canada Day made a brief court appearance in NWT territorial court Wednesday.

Wearing civilian clothes and donning a black-eye, Chad Beck scanned the Yellowknife courtroom as he entered the prisoner's booth.

Brendan Burke/NNSL photo. Chad Beck, 30, enters the Yellowknife Courthouse Wednesday morning. The Fort Resolution man is charged with first-degree murder in the Canada Day death of a 27-year-old man.

Beck was charged with first-degree murder after Fort Resolution RCMP located an unresponsive man on Sunday, July 1. The man was later pronounced dead.

Court files identify the victim as 27-year-old Cameron Sayine.

In court Wednesday, prosecutor Blair McPherson informed Judge Christine Gagnon the Crown had provided Beck and his lawyer, Peter Harte, with a "very short" disclosure package related to the case.

Upon McPherson's request, Gagnon okayed a no contact order barring Beck from communicating with one other individual.

Beck is due to appear in territorial court via video on July 24.