The trial for a man accused of kidnapping and killing Victoria (Tori) Stafford may not take place until next year, the lawyer representing him said Friday.

The accused, 28-year-old Michael Rafferty, made a brief appearance in a court in Woodstock, Ont., via videolink from the London-Middlesex Detention Centre.

His lawyer, Hal Mattson, said Rafferty's trial was still likely months away, even after the Crown handed over 300 gigabytes of electronic material.

Mattson had Rafferty's case put over to July 17, so that he has time to review the files and so that the Crown can provide full disclosure.

"We can't move the file forward until there's all the disclosure," Mattson said Friday. "Because it's being done in an electronic format, the technical people have to make it all available, the client will have to review all the material at the jail and that may take a long time, too."

Mattson said his client was "anxious to know what the case is against him."

But he said his client was unlikely to see a trial until the early part of 2010.

Rafferty is accused, along with Terri-Lynne McClintic, 19, of the first-degree murder and kidnapping of Tori on April 8, the last day that she was seen alive.

Rafferty and McClintic will be tried separately.

Neither of Tori's parents went to Rafferty's court appearance Friday, though her uncle was in attendance.

Meanwhile, police continue to search for the young girl's body, though they have told her parents that it is possible they will never find her remains.

Investigators have received some assistance in their search from McClintic, but Rafferty has not been involved.

They have searched parts of Tori's hometown, as well as spots in Guelph, Fergus and their surrounding areas.

In a brief telephone interview on Friday afternoon, Oxford Community Police Const. Laurie-Anne Maitland told ctvtoronto.ca that police had completed their search of a landfill in Salford, Ont., on Thursday.

On Friday, police continued to search selected areas in Wellington County, she said.

Tips continue to pour in though the dedicated tipline, Maitland said, noting that police have received more than 4,900 tips since Tori first disappeared.

Last Saturday, Tori's family held a memorial service for the Grade 3 student at a Woodstock church.

Hundreds of people attended to pay their respects to the young girl remembered by her family as a "spunky little princess."

With files from The Canadian Press