A lawyer representing the partner of the person who murdered 22 individuals in Portapique, N.S., informed a court docket listening to Monday that Lisa Banfield’s proper to a good trial might be jeopardized if a redacted doc is unsealed.
Banfield is amongst three individuals charged with unlawfully transferring ammunition to the gunman within the month earlier than his rampage — however police have stated she and the others had no prior data of the gunman’s actions.
The doc in query is a police utility to acquire a search warrant for his or her investigation into the killings on April 18-19, 2020.
Banfield’s lawyer, Jessica Zita, informed provincial court docket Decide Laurie Halfpenny MacQuarrie {that a} redacted portion of the doc consists of key particulars in regards to the Crown’s case towards her consumer, the discharge of which might undermine her proper to a good trial.
Nevertheless, media lawyer David Coles argued that the discharge of that info would do no such factor, as a result of Banfield’s case shall be heard by a choose alone and never a jury.
Halfpenny MacQuarrie stated she would launch her choice on April 23.
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