Aaron Crawleys murder trial has been adjourned

Nova Scotia·NewAaron Crawley, who is accused of first-degree murder in the death of Hollie Boland, will not stand trial in January as was previously planned.No new dates have been setTaryn Grant · CBC News · Posted: Nov 13, 2025 4:07 PM EST | Last Updated: 24 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Aaron Daniel Crawley is accused of killing Hollie Marie Boland in October 2023. He was scheduled to face a first-degree murder charge in a jury trial starting in January, but the trial has been adjourned. (Nova Scotia RCMP/X)Aaron Crawley, who is accused of first-degree murder in the death of Hollie Boland, will not stand trial in January as was previously planned.At Nova Scotia Supreme Court Thursday, Justice Joshua Arnold granted an adjournment of the jury trial. No new dates have been set yet.CBC News is prevented from reporting any other details about the adjournment because of a court-ordered publication ban.Crawley, now 35, was charged in October 2023 in the death of Boland, 30, his long-time partner and mother to his three children. He allegedly hit her with a car in front of a house in Cole Harbour, N.S., where he was living at the time.Earlier that year, Crawley was arrested and charged in two separate incidents, both involving Boland. He was out on bail at the time of Boland’s death and had been ordered to have no contact with her.In the first incident in May 2023, he’s alleged to have assaulted and threatened Boland. About a month later, he’s alleged to have assaulted Boland again, assaulted two other women and committed arson.Crawley has pleaded not guilty to the charges.He was scheduled to stand two additional jury trials for those incidents. Justice Denise Boudreau recently granted an adjournment for the first trial, which had been scheduled to begin later this month.  MORE TOP STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHORTaryn Grant covers daily news for CBC Nova Scotia, with a particular interest in housing and homelessness, education, and health care. You can email her with tips and feedback at taryn.grant@cbc.ca