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N.S. man, woman plead not guilty to indecent acts on Air Canada flight

THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:07PM ADT Last Updated Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:07PM ADT

An Air Canada Airbus A320-200 at the gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Monday Feb. 3, 2014. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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HALIFAX -- A man and a woman from Nova Scotia are pleading not guilty to committing indecent acts on board an Air Canada flight.

Court records say 39-year-old Jason George Chase and 25-year-old Alicia Elizabeth Lander are alleged to have participated in an indecent act in a public place on Jan 24.

Lander is also pleading not guilty to charges of assaulting a police officer and committing an act of mischief at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

Chase and Lander weren't in Dartmouth provincial court for the plea, but their defence lawyers entered the not guilty pleas on their behalf.

Their trial has been set for Jan. 21.