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Trial set for man accused of spitting at Nelson hotel employee

A man accused of spitting at a Nelson hotel employee in November 2020 who then had a serious heart attack is due to stand trial on Feb. 1, 2023.

Online court records show Jeremy Undershute, who was born in 1980, has pleaded not guilty to one count of assault.

At the time of the incident, police said Undershute spat at a woman after she confronted him about not wearing a mask in the Empire coffee shop. She suffered a heart attack shortly afterward.

The trial date was fixed on Monday in his 10th court appearance on the matter since June 2021.

A bench warrant was issued for Undershute’s arrest after he failed to appear in court last October. He was arrested in April and released on bail.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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