Charles Shatford and Donald Walker have been condemned of first-degree homicide by a court docket in Saint John on Thursday mid-day.
Shatford, 49, and Walker, 52, have been billed with theAug 17, 2022, homicide of Justin Breau, 39.
The court docket despatched out phrase previous to 2 p.m. on Thursday that they’d truly gotten to a choice– after just about 11 hours, over 2 days, of concerns.
Walker revealed no feeling when the judgment learn, whereas Shatford noisally eliminated a held breath when he was said responsible by the court docket foreperson.
That provides 6 the general number of people based responsible in Breau’s fatality.
Four others have been previously punished after begging responsible to a collection of minimal charges. All have been initially billed with first-degree homicide.
Justin Breau was stabbed to fatality onAug 17, 2022. (Justin Breau/Facebook)
Throughout the check, the court docket listened to suggestions to a third male in the home with Shatford and Walker, nonetheless they actually didn’t hear his identify or what operate he was declared to have truly performed. That male was Evan Louis Tobias.
In August, a lot lower than a month previous to the check began, Tobias, 30, was punished to eight years behind bars after pleading guilty to manslaughter in Breau’s death Tobias confessed getting into into Breau’s home and stabbing him within the leg quite a few instances.
In May, Donald Walker’s 26-year-old boy, Dustin Trey Walker-Hammond, was sentenced to two years less a day for manslaughter for his operate.
In April, Travis Earl Boudreau, 34, and Sarah Jean Belzil, 37,pleaded guilty to being accessories They have been each supplied a 1 yr conditional sentence to be supplied within the space. Boudreau had truly invested 22 months behind bars ready for check and Belzil 7 1/2 months.
A sentencing listening to is about up forDec 18. to allow time for sufferer affect declarations to be ready. Both guys forgoed pre-sentence data.
