PETERBOROUGH -- Stanley Tippett will be back in a Peterborough courtroom next Tuesday, after indicating his hearing impairment made appearing by video from jail too difficult.
Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, the 32-year-old Peterborough man showed up on the video screen in the courthouse, from where he is being held in isolation in the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay.
He faces an array of charges, stemming from the abduction and sexual assault of a 12-year-old Peterborough girl who was eventually left behind Courtice Secondary School in August.
Mr. Tippett claims he was the victim of an armed carjacking, and had nothing to do with the assault on the girl.
Duty counsel at the Peterborough courthouse read from a letter from Mr. Tippett's lawyer, Michael McLachlan, who was not on hand for Tuesday's court appearance. In the letter, Mr. McLachlan asked for an in-person appearance for Mr. Tippett the day after the Crown provides full disclosure of their case against the man. That is expected to happen later this week or early next week.
Mr. McLachlan's letter also requested a variation in Mr. Tippett's bail conditions, which have already been altered to allow him to communicate with his wife, Natalie, to whom he was initially barred from speaking. It's not known what variation was requested, but it was denied.
Mr. McLachlan could not be reached for comment.
On hand in court Wednesday were Mr. Tippett's wife, three of his children and his mother, as well as the family of the alleged victim. Though all have been previously willing to speak to the media, they were tight-lipped Wednesday.
"I'm sorry; I'm not allowed to talk to you guys," said the alleged victim's mother when approached.
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