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It will be another night at the Calgary Remand Centre for the man police have charged in connection with the theft of two expensive trees outside a Beltline restaurant.

Ryan Leslie Duguay appeared briefly in Calgary provincial court Monday after consulting with duty counsel Mark Cluett about his wish to get out of jail.

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“Mr. Duguay is wishing to speak to release, but it’s a situation where this file has been transferred from upstairs,” Cluett said, of the fact the case was moved from drug court to regular docket court.

He told Judge Brian Stevenson the Crown did not have a duplicate file to transfer to docket court, so prosecutor Tiffany Dwyer wasn’t prepared to deal with it.

“Mr. Duguay’s anxious to speak to release, he’s asking this matter come back (Tuesday),” Cluett said.

Dwyer said there were outstanding charges in Winnipeg complicating the issue of Duguay’s release.

He was arrested last Thursday and charged with possession of two stolen Japanese maple trees after two were pilfered from outside the Royale Brasserie restaurant on 17 Ave. S.W.