Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald reports: “Cross-burning suspects remanded until Monday”
— “Two men charged in a Hants County cross-burning are going to stay in jail until Monday.”
— “Nathan Neil Rehberg, 20, and Justin Chad Rehberg, 19, appeared in Kentville provincial court late this afternoon for a bail hearing.”
— “The brothers, both of Avondale, Hants County, are charged with public incitement of hatred, mischief and uttering threats.”
— “Kentville provincial court Judge Alan T. Tufts told the court that he was not satisfied with their bail proposal, which the Crown had opposed, and adjourned the hearing shortly before 6 p.m.”
— “He ordered that the brothers return to provincial court, this time in Windsor, on Monday and that they be remanded to a provincial jail until that time.”
— “A couple who looked outside to find a flaming cross on their lawn Sunday morning were in court this morning to see the two men accused of the crime.”
— “Shayne Howe and Michelle Lyon, the victims of the crime, were both in court, and Lyon was visibly shaken, crying as she sat looking at the two men. As Howe left the courtroom, he could be heard saying ‘they better not make bail.'”
— “The crime has horrified people across Canada.”
— “Someone put a large wooden cross on the front lawn of their home in Poplar Grove, Hants County, near Avondale, and lit it on fire, reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan racial hatred in the southern United States.”
— “Before leaving, while the cross burned, one man yelled, ‘Die n*gger die.'”
— “She said the two accused and the victims are known to each other and the incident was not a random act of violence.”
— “The couple and their five children were horrified by the incident and now fear for their safety. The family is considering moving unless the perpetrators are caught and punished.”
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— Family fears for safety after cross burning
— N.S. couple shaken by cross burning
— Facebook: Support for Shayne Howe and Michelle Lyon of Hants County, NS
