Despite a promised review a year ago, the Saint John Police Department has yet to release findings regarding the investigation that wrongfully convicted Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie of murder in 1983. The case has raised concerns about evidence non-disclosure, particularly payments made to a key witness who later recanted his testimony.
RELATED: Walter Gillespie and Robert Mailman are free men, following a ruling from New Brunswick’s chief justice yesterday. But their wrongful conviction has raised questions about non-disclosure of evidence. Nathalie Sturgeon reports – Jan 5, 2024More than a year after the police chief in Saint John, New Brunswick, announced a review of his officers’ conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there’s no sign of the promised report.
Saint John police spokesman Staff Sergeant Matt Weir said last week he has no timeline for when the findings will be made public. The review was announced eight days after New Brunswick Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare exonerated the men and said they had been victims of a miscarriage of justice. Earlier, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani had ordered a new trial citing evidence that called into question “the overall fairness” of their prosecution.
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