WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — A judge says he will grant bail to former junior hockey coach Graham James, who faces new sex charges in Winnipeg. He is to remain jailed until Dec. 17 when conditions for his release will be set.
James has been charged nine times for encounters between 1979 and 1994 involving three boys. One of them was Theo Fleury, who became an NHL star.
The 58-year-old James served more than a year in jail in the late 1990s for assaulting three young hockey players, including future NHL player Sheldon Kennedy.
James was pardoned and moved to Mexico. He returned to Canada after Winnipeg police issued a warrant on the new charges in October.
His bail hearing has taken most of two days and won’t finish until Monday.
