THUNDER BAY - A murder trial that was set to begin this month for two accused of first-degree murder in connection to the 2019 death of 40-year-old Lee Chiodo has been pushed back to early 2022.
A 10-day trial for David Hui and Musab Saboon was originally set to begin on Dec. 6, 2021 but the matter was adjourned at the request of the Crown.
New trial dates have now been set and the 10-day trial will begin on Feb. 28, 2022.
Hui and Saboon are both facing charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping for their alleged role in the death of Chiodo, whose body was found in the Mission Marsh area on Feb. 24, 2019.
Hui was arrested in the Academy Drive area on March 2, while Saboon turned himself in to the Waterloo Police on March 5 following a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest.
A third accused, Marshall Hardy-Fox, who turned himself in to the Thunder Bay Police on March 3, was also initially charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping but he has since pleaded guilty to kidnapping and accessory after the fact to murder.
The pleas were entered in June 2021 and sentencing submissions for Hardy-Fox are scheduled to be heard in court on Feb. 22, 2022.
Saboon remains in custody while Hui and Hardy-Fox have been previously released on bail.
None of the allegations against Hui and Saboon have been proven in court.
