In a rare move, a Toronto man will face a third trial for the same murder. “And the absence of Totten's evidence would reasonably be expected to have affected the jury's verdict. Two of them testified in exchange for being granted immunity on a number of serious offences, while the third member refused to testify at the second trial. (The issues about Totten's evidence that were before the top court this year were not before it in 2009.) Abbey was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury at his second trial in 2011, and sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole for 25 years.

Source: thestar November 01, 2017 17:15 UTC