"She was scared of him," Lorne Vandersteen told jurors. The victim, his on-and-off girlfriend at the time, had told Vandersteen she'd made a complaint at work about the co-worker, but no action was taken because of a lack of evidence, he said. The woman's now 23-year-old son is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of his 51-year-old mother in March 2019. The trial, which is scheduled to continue until March, marks the second time jurors heard the case. Court of King's Bench Justice Ken Champagne previously told the jury the case had gone to trial before, but urged them not to speculate on what sparked the retrial.

Source: CBC News February 27, 2026 11:34 UTC