A man whose eastern Ontario farm is the subject of an ongoing police search has been released on $4,000 bail.
Gordon Bourne, 56, of Ashton, Ont., was released after a week in custody on the conditions that he:
- Stay away from his farm until police complete their investigation.
- Not possess any weapons.
Gordon Bourne, 56, was released on bail Friday. Here he is shown after a court appearance on Monday.
(CBC)
Bourne is facing at least a dozen weapons charges.
Police still have not said whether the search of the Bourne property is related to the disappearance of Bourne's wife Diane more than three decades ago, when she was 22.
Ontario Provincial Police began combing Bourne's farm and wrecking yard on Kidd Road in Ashton, about 40 kilometres southwest of Ottawa, on Nov. 15.
Diane Bourne, a federal public servant and the mother of two young children, was last seen at the farm in March 1976. An extensive search for her turned up nothing.
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