Paul Bernardo will stand trial on a weapon charge in about five months time.
The convicted killer's trial will begin in October on a weapon possession charge laid in connection with an offence allegedly committed in a maximum-security prison.
He is facing one count of possession of a weapon.
The are allegations the weapon was a shank comprised of a screw and pen and took place back in February in Bath, ON.
He appeared briefly by video link in a Napanee court today, where his trial was set for Oct. 5.
Bernardo, one of Canada's most infamous killers, was arrested in the 1990s on allegations that he raped and murdered multiple teenage girls at his St.Catharines home.
His 1995 trial for the deaths of 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy and 15-year-old Kristen French horrified Canadians as lawyers presented videotaped evidence of his repeated brutal attacks on the teenagers.