Bradley Barton spent Monday on the witness stand testifying in his own defence.
Alberta's top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub.WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
"The panel recognizes that no sentence imposed will adequately address the pain inflicted on Ms. Gladue's family and community," the judges wrote in the decision published Friday. There was outrage because Gladue was repeatedly referred to as a "native" and a "prostitute" during the trial. Gladue's partial remains were brought into the courtroom as evidence by prosecutors.
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