A court appearance by the man accused of killing a Ridge Meadows RCMP officer was pushed back by a couple of days this week.

Nicholas Bellemare, who is facing a charge of first degree murder in the death of Const. Rick O'Brien, was scheduled to make a brief pre-trial appearance on Monday, Aug. 19 in the Port Coquitlam Law Courts.

That appearance was cancelled, and a new one was set for Wednesday, Aug. 21. No future appearances have yet been scheduled after that.

O鈥橞rien was killed and two other Ridge Meadows RCMP officers wounded on Sept. 22 last year, while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam as part of an ongoing drug investigation. 

Police said that O'Brien and other officers became involved in an altercation with a man that resulted in O'Brien being fatally shot, another officer being wounded by gunfire, and a third officer suffering non-gunshot related injuries.

Persons charged with a criminal offence are considered not guilty until the charges are proven in court.

Bellemare has been in custody awaiting trial since the incident last year.