Alberta appeal court quashes murder conviction, orders new trial for co-accused in Connie Oakes case

The Court of Appeal of Alberta has ordered a new trial for Wendy Scott, the co-accused and Crown’s key witness in the Connie Oakes murder case.

The Court of Appeal’s three-judge panel struck Scott’s guilty plea and quashed her second degree murder conviction.

http://aptn.ca/news/2015/10/22/alberta-appeal-court-quashes-murder-conviction-orders-new-trial-for-co-accused-in-connie-oakes-case/