Anne Norris, who last month was found not criminally responsible for killing 46-year-old Marcel Reardon, could see her verdict overturned as the Crown plans to appeal the decision. Norris, 30, admitted at the first day of her first-degree murder trial in St. John's that she killed Reardon by hitting him repeatedly in the head with a hammer. Defense confident verdict will holdSullivan says she received word that the Crown filed their notice of appeal on Tuesday. "We're confident in the position that we put forward at the trial and we're confident we can deal with the grounds [of appeal] as currently laid out," she said. Before things can proceed, Sullivan said the defense must wait for a transcript of the trial to be prepared, and the Crown to file their factum of argument with the court of appeal.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2018 22:07 UTC