CP NewsAlert: N.B. men whose 1984 murder conviction was quashed declared not guilty

By The Canadian Press on January 4, 2024.

Two New Brunswick men whose convictions were recently thrown out are expected in court today. Walter (Wally) Gillespie, left, and Robert (Bobby) Mailman pose in the south-end neighbourhood where they grew up in Saint John, N.B., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Two New Brunswick men whose 1984 murder convictions were recently overturned by the federal justice minister have been formally declared not guilty.

The chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench said today in Saint John that Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie are cleared in the Nov. 30, 1983, killing of George Gilman Leeman.

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