Adam Joseph Drake, shown at Halifax provincial court in October, will have a bail hearing in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in April on two charges of first-degree murder. Drake appeared in Supreme Court on Thursday via a video link from the Cape Breton Correctional Facility. - Tim KrochakAdam Joseph Drake has applied to Nova Scotia Supreme Court for bail on his two murder charges.
Drake appeared in Supreme Court in Halifax on Thursday via a video link from the Cape Breton Correctional Facility to set dates for a five-day bail hearing.Keizer, 22, was sitting in a sport utility vehicle in a parking lot at the corner of Gottingen and Falkland streets in Halifax on the night of Nov. 21, 2016, when a man wearing a hoodie shot him at point-blank range and ran away.
The 36-year-old stumbled outside before collapsing from his injuries. He passed away at the Halifax Infirmary.Lawyers Ian Hutchison and Michael Lacy are representing Drake on the Stay charge, while Stan MacDonald is his lawyer on the Keizer matter. He was arrested twice in 2021 for allegedly breaching his bail conditions but was released again on both occasions.