Trial date set in bikini bar stabbing

COEUR d'ALENE - Trial has been set for Oct. 22 for the case of a North Idaho man accused of stabbing a fellow patron inside the Rendezvous night club, the downtown bikini bar formerly known as the Torch Lounge.

Jeremy D. Lyght, 30, of Post Falls, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted murder in 1st District Court.

The trial is likely to last about a week.

The victim, Derek Ward, suffered a wound to his neck requiring four to five hours of treatment at a hospital.

The gash was 4 inches long and dug 2 inches deep, missing his carotid artery by a millimeter.

Lyght has been in custody since the mid-April incident.