Saskatchewan

Man charged with murder hours after being released from Prince Albert, Sask., police custody

Prince Albert police say a man recently released from custody is now facing a murder charge.

Police are calling the incident a 'violent family dispute'

The exterior wall of a building with "Prince Albert Police Service" in white lettering.
Everett Constant had been charged the day before the homicide with assaulting hospital staff. (CBC / Radio-Canada)

A man accused of second-degree murder in Prince Albert, Sask. was released from police custody earlier that day.

Officers arrested 29-year-old Everett Constant on Saturday following a "violent family dispute" at a residence on 28th Street W., according to the Prince Albert Police Service.

There, police found 51-year-old Beverly Constant dead.

But that wasn't the police's first encounter with Everett Constant on the weekend.

On Friday, officers were called to the same residence to help paramedics, and Constant was taken to hospital by police.

Police say Constant then assaulted hospital staff and was taken into custody and charged.

On Saturday morning, Constant was released with a promise to appear on the assault charge.

Later that day, police were back to the same home where they found Beverly Constant.

Everett Constant was arrested at the home.

Police have not confirmed the relationship between the victim and the accused.

Constant made his first appearance in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Monday.