‘Queen of Canada’ remanded in custody, will represent herself at bail hearing Monday
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The self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” cult leader arrived, cuffed and shackled, as she made her first appearance at Swift Current provincial court on Friday.
As Romana Didulo, 50, stepped out of the police van, she delivered a simple message to a small crowd of supporters and media.
“Remember, innocent until proven guilty,” she said as she entered the building at about 10:30 a.m. CST.
The cult leader was one of the 16 people who were arrested by the RCMP after a raid at a compound in Richmound, Sask. on Wednesday.
All 16 people were initially released without charges but police quickly rearrested Didulo, who calls herself the “Queen of Canada,” and Ricky Manz, who owns the compound in the village located 365 kilometres west of Regina.
Didulo and Manz have both been charged with failure to comply with an undertaking and intimidation of a justice participant.
The failure to comply charge is because the pair were not supposed to contact each other.
RCMP said the intimidation charge is related to an investigation in Richmound in July.
Information discussed during Didulo’s appearance Friday indicates that the charge is related to intimidating four people, including a police officer.
Didulo repeatedly told Judge Alan Jacobson that she did not consent to her arrest, that she wanted a hearing under “natural law,” and that her case should be dismissed.
Jacobson was visibly annoyed as he instructed Didulo to not interrupt him.
Didulo, who was ultimately remanded into custody until a bail hearing on Monday, said she plans to represent herself.
Manz was also remanded in custody for a bail hearing on Monday.
Content retrieved from: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/romana-didulo-court-appearance-1.7626137.
