The appeal for a former Nova Scotia businessman who was convicted of sex crimes against boys has been delayed.
Fenwick MacIntosh was convicted last July of 13 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency in a sex abuse case. The case involved boys in eastern Nova Scotia in the 1970s.
He was sentenced to four years in prison and given two years credit for time he had already spent in custody.
The 67-year-old appeared in court again in January, on separate sex-related charges involving other boys in the 1970s. He was found guilty on four more counts – two each of gross indecency and indecent assault.
He was sentenced to 18 months in jail with no credit for time served on those charges.
Shortly after MacIntosh's first trial was over, his lawyer, Brian Casey, announced the conviction would be appealed because of opposing testimony about a date.
"We said that because all of the complainants were adamant that there had been almost no contact with Mr. MacIntosh after April 1, 1974, that that placed their allegations as happening before April 1974, and we were then able to show, because of vehicle records and other things, that Mr. MacIntosh didn't even own the vehicles in question at that time," Casey had said.
The Nova Scotia Appeal Court hearing for Fenwick was supposed to begin Thursday in Halifax, but the case was adjourned until June 8 because the Crown attorney was unavailable.
The Crown counsel is expected to confirm whether the new date is acceptable by May 24.
With files from The Canadian Press
