New Brunswick·NewA man accused of murdering two boys in Saint John last winter and of breaching a no-contact order is now facing a second breach charge.Roman Kamyshnyy, awaiting 1st-degree murder trial in deaths of 2 Saint John boys, faces 2 no-contact breachesListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Roman Kamyshnyy is scheduled to return to provincial court on March 24 to elect his mode of trial and get a trial date on the breach charges. (Roger Cosman/CBC)A man accused of murdering two boys in Saint John last winter and of breaching a no-contact order is now facing a second breach charge.Roman Kamyshnyy, 46, appeared in Saint John provincial court by video from custody at the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre Tuesday to face the latest charge, which was laid on Oct. 20.He’s accused of failing to comply with a court order to have no contact with a person identified only as “A.B.,” by communicating with that person “on or about June 18.”Any information that could identify the person is protected by a publication ban imposed April 3.Kamyshnyy has been in custody since his arrest Jan. 29.Police found the bodies of two boys, aged 10 and 17, inside a residence in Millidgeville in the city’s north end that day, around 7 a.m., while responding to a 911 call.Roman Kamyshnyy, 46, will be tried by judge and jury June 8 to 26, 2026, on two counts of first-degree murder. (Facebook)Their names and information about how they died have not been released.At the scene, officers also found a man they described as having life-threatening injuries. He was taken into custody and transported to hospital.Kamyshnyy is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the boys and is scheduled to face a jury trial in Saint John’s Court of King’s Bench in June 2026.He is also charged with violating the no-contact order on May 7 and was scheduled to stand trial on that charge Jan. 29, 2026.But on Tuesday Crown prosecutor Elaina Campbell asked the court to adjourn the trial and deal with both breach charges “post-summer.”It’s just an efficient and effective way to deal with court resources,” she said.More serious charges first Judge Lucie Mathurin agreed to set the breach charges over.”These are … still important, they’re serious, they’re breaches,” she told Kamyshnyy, but “the more serious” murder charges will be dealt with first, “and then we can deal with this after.”The Crown proposed the court adjourn the election of his mode of trial on the latest charge until late March” and then, if required, we can set up a half-day trial for both at that time.”Mathurin scheduled the matters for March 24.Kamyshnyy is scheduled to return to court Dec. 8 for two weeks of pre-trial voir dire hearings to determine the admissibility of evidence in his murder trial.The trial is scheduled for June 8 to 26.
Accused child killer faces new charge of violating a no-contact order
