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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - The Dettah man accused of setting fire to a house with two youths inside appeared in court Tuesday only to have his hearing delayed once more.

Jimmy Beaulieu, 45, will next appear in court Oct. 7 to speak to nine charges including six counts relating to the Aug. 3 fire, one of which is a charge of arson with disregard to human life.

Defence attorney Dan Rideout asked for more time because there are still "a significant amount of notes and reports from the fire department" to come.

"I would prefer to look at at least what I consider the bare bones (from) the fire department before proceeding," said Rideout.

Beaulieu stands accused of setting one fire under the home in a crawl space which did not spread. He is then accused of returning to the home, pushing the two girls, ages 16 and 10, inside and spraying a substance on the stove which resulted in a fire.

The two girls escaped unharmed.

Still waiting on a bed

A man who has been waiting for a psychiatric assessment for almost three months will have to keep waiting.

Daniel Sandor Mikus has already had his hearing date delayed several times and is now scheduled to appear Sept. 23, at which point "we'll see what is happening then - hopefully something," said Judge Bernadette Schmaltz.

Defence attorney Jay Bran said he has been having difficulty securing a bed in the closest facility available to do an assessment in Alberta. Since Mikus's last court date two weeks ago, he has attempted to have an assessment done in Saskatoon but has had no luck there either.

Sandor stands accused of five charges, four dating back to June and one to May. Among them is a charge of theft and a breach of probation.

"I'm not saying it's necessarily your fault," Schmaltz told Bran. "But there comes a point where there may be an unreasonable delay."

Fourteen years between offences

A 46-year-old man appeared in territorial court Tuesday with a 20-conviction-long record under his belt.

Luckily for him, said Schmaltz, the last conviction on that record was in 1994.

Michael Rabesca pleaded guilty to breach of probation, failure to appear in court and one charge of possession of marijuana.

"It's been over 14 years since you've been in court and all of a sudden you have three new charges," Schmaltz told the father of three.

Schmaltz warned Rabesca not to let his criminal record start over again. He received a total of $920 in fines.