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Student charged with making threats to go to trial

A student charged with making threats at a Yellowknife school will head to trial after pleading not guilty in court Thursday

Appearing before Judge Garth Malakoe in NWT territorial court, the student, who can't be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, entered not guilty pleas to three counts of uttering threats.

RCMP initiated an investigation after being notified by staff of a “potential threat” at the school on March 15. The youth was arrested and charged on March 19.

The student was released and placed under house arrest – a condition the accused is still bound to.

The youth's release conditions were amended to add three other family members as sureties.

The name of the school, which was previously released by RCMP and a city school board, is now under a publication ban following a request from the defendant's lawyer Peter Harte.

Harte wants the matter moved along so his client can get off of house arrest and be back in school – where the youth is currently barred from.

The trial for the young offender will begin on May 25.