N.S. contractor convicted of fraud has 8 charges dropped

A fewofthelong list of chargesagainst a Nova Scotia contractor convicted of fraud have been dismissed.

Crown prosecutorswithdrew eight of the 52 charges against Robert Allan Monk, 51, when Monk appeared in court in Dartmouth earlier this month.

The Crown offered no evidence on the eight charges due to no realistic prospect of conviction, according tothe Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service.

Monk has been convicted of fraud three timesand was forbidden from usingonline ad services such as Kijiji and Facebook to find clients, an order he's accused of ignoring.

Halifax Regional Police laid multiple charges against Monk at the end of 2021 in connection to home improvement jobs for a number of people between May 2020 and May 2021.

In April, RCMPannounced dozens more charges against him.

The 52 charges are related to one of three cases currently pending against Monk, allat different stages in the court process. All three casesconsist of multiple counts of fraud, according to the prosecution service. Monk is now facing more than 70 charges in total.

He is expected to be back in courton Sept.1.