Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani takes part in an interview in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Virani has ordered a new trial for two New Brunswick men convicted of a 1984 murder.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA – The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for two New Brunswick men convicted of a 1984 murder.
Arif Virani says in a news release today that after a review, he has determined there’s a reasonable basis to conclude a miscarriage of justice occurred in the convictions of Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie.
More coming.