A Torbay man accused of trying to shoot and kill another man in the town last March has pleaded not guilty.

Fifty-one-year-old David Peter Reardon is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm, uttering threats, unlawful and careless use of a firearm, and defying orders not to possess weapons.

Police allege Reardon and the victim, who was seriously injured in the shooting, knew each other before the incident on March 18 near the Foodland in Torbay.

In provincial court this morning, Reardon’s lawyer, Jonathan Regan, entered not guilty pleas to all 11 counts.

That triggered a search for court time to accommodate a pre-trial conference and trial dates, as well as lawyers’ schedules.

The attempted murder case returns to court on February 22 to nail down those dates.

In the meantime, Reardon faces a separate trial on unrelated charges on February 12.

He has also pleaded not guilty in that case to assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, uttering threats, damage to property, taking a vehicle without consent, driving while prohibited and several breaches of court orders.

Those incidents are alleged to have occurred between August 2019 and July 2021.

Reardon remains in custody at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary.