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Jury selection begins in Pigeon King fraud trial

Sunday, November 3, 2013

by DAVID PINK

The selection of a 14-member jury that will decide the fate of Arlan Galbraith will continue Tuesday in Superior Court in Kitchener.

Galbraith, the man behind Pigeon King International Inc., is charged with defrauding investors of more than $1 million. In addition, he is facing four more charges under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in connection with the alleged fraud.

Pigeon King International sold pairs of pigeons to farmers In Canada and the United States at high prices and bought back the offspring, Galbraith declared the company bankrupt in 2009.

Galbraith, who has not hired a lawyer and is representing himself in court, pleaded not guilty to all five charges in a near-empty court on Monday before Justice G. E. Taylor.

Crown attorney Lynn Robinson told the court the trial could continue for another six to eight weeks. BF

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