Former PC organizer Alan Hallman headed to trial for convention assault charge, lawyer says

The lawyer for Alan Hallman says the one-time organizer with Jason Kenney's Progressive Conservative leadership campaign intends to plead not guilty to an assault charge.

Dale Fedorchuk says he expects the dates for a two-day trial will be worked out later this week.

Hallman was charged with common assault in March as the Alberta PC party held its leadership convention in downtown Calgary.

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Police said he was initially detained by security and later released on a promise to appear.

Hallman left Kenney's campaign in January after he was suspended from the party for inappropriate social media posts.

He said in a statement following the convention incident that he regrets any inconvenience that resulted and he would work to resolve it quickly.

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