B.C. Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett issued a ban Wednesday on disclosure of court proceedings related to alleged serial killer Cody Alan Legebokoff.
The ban prohibits the media from publishing or broadcasting anything discussed in court related to the case other than what is presented before a jury.
Legebokoff faces four charges of first degree murder in the deaths of Jill Stacey Stuchenko, 35, Cynthia Frances Maas, 35, Loren Donn Leslie, 15, and the disappearance of Natasha Lynn Montgomery, 23.
At a hearing last week, Crown prosecutor Lara Vizsolyi estimated the trial, which will cover all four charges, will take six months to a year to carry out.
No estimate for when the trial might begin was provided.
The Crown has elected to proceed by direct indictment on all four charges, which means there will be no preliminary hearing, and the matters will be heard in a single trial before a jury, unless the Crown consents to some other form of trial. Along with Vizsolyi, two other Crown proescutors are handling the case - Joseph Temple and Deborah Larsen.
Legebokoff is being represented by Jim Heller and Jeremy Fung.
