One of Trevor Wowk’s curfew conditions was relaxed, as he has been fitted with a GPS monitoring device.
He stands accused that between July 20 and July 23, at or near Regina, he intended to “provoke a state of fear” in a police officer in order to impede him in the performance of his duties.
Wowk is also facing two charges related to offences alleged to have happened on June 12, 2020 at or near Regina. The first alleges that he knowingly used a forged document (confirmation of employment letters) as if it were genuine. The second alleges he knowingly possessed the identity information (name and signature) of another person “in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable inference that the information was intended to be used to commit the indictable offence of fraud.”
Court documents note that, on July 29, Wowk was released on a series of conditions with the consent of the Crown.
On Thursday, his lawyer Andrew Hitchcock came before Judge Noah Evanchuk to ask for an amendment to Wowk’s curfew condition.
The defence lawyer explained that Wowk had initially been released on electronic monitoring via radio frequency, but since then a GPS monitoring device has been provided.
Radio frequency monitoring commonly refers to a system which allows confirmation that an offender is at a specified location whereas GPS technology is meant to allow for an offender’s whereabouts to be determined wherever they may be.
However, the specifics of the systems utilized in relation to Wowk were not discussed in court.
Wowk was previously on a 24-hour curfew, meaning he was not allowed to leave his approved residence without permission. Hitchcock requested that the condition be amended to state Wowk will be subject to a curfew requirement from 11 p.m. each night until 6 a.m. the following day.
The Crown consented to the change in condition.
“So ordered,” Evanchuk stated.
Wowk’s other conditions include some meant to keep him from coming into contact with the alleged victims, and some that restrict his freedom with regard to using social media.
He is to live at an approved residence, cannot possess weapons, and is not to possess identity documents that aren’t in his own name.
The matter was adjourned to a date later this month.
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