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Great White - R.I. Nightclub Fire Trial Date Set By Newsferatu, Writer Monday, December 12, 2005 @ 3:34 PM
A judge set a May 1 trial date for one of three men charged in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people.
Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the rock band Great White, faces 200 counts of involuntary manslaughter. He lit the pyrotechnics display that ignited flammable foam lining the ceiling and walls of The Station nightclub in West Warwick.
Biechele is being tried separately from club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, who are also each charged with 200 counts of manslaughter.
No trial date has been set yet for the brothers.
If convicted, the three could face up to 30 years on each count. Half of the 200 involuntary manslaughter counts in the indictment allege criminal negligence; the other half deal with misdemeanor manslaughter.
Michael Healey, a spokesman for Attorney General Patrick Lynch, said the Derderians' trial would not begin until after Biechele's trial.
A civil lawsuit is not expected to go to trial until after the criminal trials are finished.
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