WINNIPEG — A judge has decided the trial of a man accused of killing four women in Winnipeg will still be heard by a jury. Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki had asked that his jury trial, which is set to begin Wednesday, be heard instead by a judge alone.
WINNIPEG — A judge has decided the trial of a man accused of killing four women in Winnipeg will still be heard by a jury.
The defence argued that two years of publicity surrounding the high-profile case may have biased the jurors. Skibicki's lawyers said they plan to argue he is not criminally responsible for the deaths because of a mental illness.
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