A Niagara Regional Police officer charged with assault after being shot multiple times will stand trial in November.

Lawyers for Const. Nathan Parker and the Crown were in Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines Tuesday to agree to a trial date of Nov. 23.

The trial is scheduled to last two weeks.

Parker, who did not attend court Tuesday, was shot multiple times in rural Pelham on Nov. 29, 2018, and sent to hospital in Hamilton with critical injuries.

In March 2019, the province's Special Investigations Unit charged Det. Sgt. Shane Donovan with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon for his role in the officer-on-officer shooting. Those charges were dropped two months later when a Crown attorney announced there was no reasonable prospects for a conviction.

Donovan's lawyer at the time of the dismissal said her client "believed his actions were fully necessary, fully justified in defence of his life."

With the criminal charges against Parker still before the courts — and Donovan possibly a witness — the Crown offered no further explanation.

After the charges were dropped, Parker's lawyer, Joseph Markson, said his client had suffered "nine bullet wounds" and was "shocked and shaken" by the Crown's decision.

Parker and Donovan, both veteran police officers, were investigating a collision at Effingham Street and Roland Road at the time of the shooting.

Ontario Provincial Police charged Parker in May 2019. The charges include assaulting a police officer.

Parker is represented by Markson and Kate Robertson, both based in Toronto.

The Crown Law Office, also in Toronto, is overseeing the prosecution. The office handles "justice prosecutions," which are cases involving serious offences committed by people involved in the administration of justice such as police officers and lawyers.

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