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Guilty verdicts for two accused in Leanne Freeman murder case

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Guilty verdicts for two men accused in Leanne Freeman murder case
WATCH ABOVE: Jurors have found Jonathan Ash and Robert Beauregard guilty in the murder of 23-year-old Leanne Freeman. Freeman had been found shot to death in Toronto's Port Lands area in November of 2011 – Jan 17, 2016

TORONTO, Ont. – Jurors in Toronto have found two men guilty of murdering a woman who came to the city from Winnipeg.

The body of 23-year-old Leanne Freeman was found in Toronto’s Port Lands area in November of 2011. She’d been shot five times.

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Jonathan Ash and Robert Beauregard were arrested two weeks later, and on Saturday both were found guilty of second-degree murder.

The jury took four days to reach its verdict.

A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.

During the trial, the court was told that Ash, Beauregard and Freeman all used the drug crystal meth.

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