HALIFAX – One of the two people charged in the death of Loretta Saunders appeared in court Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing.
The accused, Blake Legette was in court, while co-accused Victoria Henneberry opted to have her lawyer appear on her behalf.
The proceeding in Halifax is to determine the admissibility of evidence in the homicide case of Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry.
They are both charged with first-degree murder and their four-week jury trial is scheduled to start April 20 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
Henneberry’s lawyer has put forth a motion to have the two accused tried separately, a move Leggette’s lawyer supports.
But the Crown opposes that motion and Judge Josh Arnold has yet to rule on it.
Police have said that they believe Saunders was killed in her Halifax apartment.
The 26-year-old was found dead in a wooded area off the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick two weeks after she disappeared from her Halifax apartment a year ago.
The evidence presented at the pre-trial hearing is banned from publication.
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