A 30-year-old Fort Resolution man charged with murder in connection with the death of a man in the community on Canada Day made a brief court appearance in NWT territorial court Wednesday.
Wearing civilian clothes and donning a black-eye, Chad Beck scanned the Yellowknife courtroom as he entered the prisoner's booth.
Beck was charged with first-degree murder after Fort Resolution located an unresponsive man on Sunday, July 1. The man was later pronounced dead.
Court files identify the victim as 27-year-old Cameron Sayine.
In court Wednesday, prosecutor Blair McPherson informed Judge Christine Gagnon the Crown had provided Beck and his lawyer, Peter Harte, with a "very short" disclosure package related to the case.
Upon McPherson's request, Gagnon okayed a no contact order barring Beck from communicating with one other individual.
Beck is due to appear in territorial court via video on July 24.
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