LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.—A southern Alberta man who is facing a possible dangerous offender hearing after pleading guilty to child luring and sexually assaulting a teenage girl is now applying to have the pleas withdrawn. The lawyer for Trevor Pritchard asked a Lethbridge court to have the case put over to Sept. 24 to set a date for a hearing on a withdrawal application. The Crown said at the time it was seeking consent to apply for dangerous offender designation, which would result in indefinite jail time. He said a potential dangerous offender designation is much more onerous than a traditional sentence, with no parole eligibility for seven years. For a dangerous offender application, an offender must have been convicted twice before of crimes that fall within the designated offender category.

Source: thestar September 11, 2018 00:11 UTC