Former Oshawa city councillor Robert Lutczyk has been charged on multiple counts.
The former Oshawa city councillor charged with kidnapping a city lawyer may not face a full bail hearing until December.
Wearing a black winter jacket and blue jeans, Robert Lutczyk looked drained as his lawyer, Sevag Yeghoyan, worked out disclosure details with the Crown during a brief appearance on Wednesday.
He'll remain in custody at least until Nov. 8, when the defence will decide whether to submit the three-term councillor for a 45-day psychiatric assessment.
"That's certainly a possibility given the set of facts that are alleged at this time," Mr. Yeghoyan said.
The Crown has requested a rare special bail hearing, where police testimony and initial evidence can be submitted. But it would not commence until any assessment is complete.
Mr. Lutczyk's daughter and elderly father both watched the three-minute proceeding.
"He seems alright given the circumstances," Mr. Yeghoyan said of his client. "Obviously it's difficult for everyone involved."
The 45-year-old father-of-two surrendered to police last Wednesday morning, concluding a dramatic 28-hour affair that police alleged involved a kidnapping, a high-speed chase and, finally, a prolonged standoff.
The episode began late on the night of Oct. 15, when Oshawa city solicitor David Potts was kidnapped at gunpoint from the driveway of his Clarington home. His wife alerted police when she noticed her husband's vacant car.
Mr. Potts was handcuffed and driven around Durham region, east of Toronto, until police caught up with the pair in a Whitby parking lot.
Durham police chased the vehicle for one kilometre to an industrial area, where Mr. Potts escaped unharmed and Mr. Lutczyk retreated inside a building.
Police quickly surrounded the unit with tactical squads, acting on a tip that there may be a bomb inside.
Twenty-seven hours later, Mr. Lutczyk gave up without incident.
He now faces charges of kidnapping using a restricted firearm, uttering threats, forcible confinement, flight from police, dangerous driving, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and pointing a firearm.
During his time on council, Mr. Lutczyk earned a reputation as a rabble-rousing politician with unconventional ideas, such annexing the Turks and Caicos, moving the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to Oshawa and getting rid of "creepy people" from the downtown.