Judgment day at The Law Courts!

Good Day Readers:

Thursday Defence lawyer Greg Brodsky completed his cross-examination of star witness Steven Solomon in the 2008 double slaying of Joel and Magdalena Labossiere after which the jury was excused with instructions to return Monday morning. Today's session cannot be covered by the media because the jury will be absent. Monday both sides are expected to make their final submissions. Tuesday Justice Richard Saull is expected to charge the jury after which it will begin deliberating.

In the case of 4 Native Syndicate members being retried for the March 2005 beating death of a fellow inmate at Stony Mountain Institution, there will be another session today but again the jury has been excluded. It's anticipated Queen's bench Justice Lori Spivak will charge the jury next Monday.

Finally, during a lunch break in the Labossiere trial we attended part of the sentence hearing for two Manitoba Mounties recently convicted of assaulting a handcuffed man in the parking lot of a rural bar. Corporal Jeffrey Moyse was represented by Sarah Inness (Campbell Gunn Inness) while noted criminal Defence lawyer Richard Wolson acted for Constable Trevor Ens. Both argued before Queen's Bench Justice Perry Schulman their clients' should be given conditional sentences so as to avoid jail time. Should the officers be incarcerated the RCMP will in all likelihood remove them from The Force.

The Crown was represented by Ryan Rolston.

Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk