Chipman-area murder trial delayed over additional evidence

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The proceedings for 2 radical accused of murdering a antheral adjacent Chipman has been delayed implicit the request to benignant retired the admissibility of caller grounds successful the case.

Trial for Joshua McIsaac, Erica Blyth antecedently scheduled to statesman connected April 23

Aidan Cox · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 2:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Erica Blyth and Joshua McIsaac are pictured successful a 2 photos that person been stitched together.

A proceedings for 2 radical accused of murdering a New Brunswick antheral has been delayed implicit the request for lawyers to reappraisal recently disclosed evidence successful the case.

Joshua McIsaac and Erica Blyth were supposed to spell connected proceedings connected April 23 for first-degree execution successful the decease of Brandon Donelan..

However, on Wednesday, Court of King's Bench Justice Richard Petrie agreed to hold the proceedings to let Crown and defence lawyers clip to reappraisal further grounds that has surfaced successful the case.

"An adjournment of a proceedings of this magnitude is simply a large deal. It's thing we effort to debar astatine each costs," said Crown authoritative James McConnell, noting the interaction connected the victim's family.

"It's not thing that we would rise lightly, but successful bid to person a just trial, unfortunately, it's unavoidable."

Donelan's assemblage was recovered successful a wooded country betwixt Minto and Chipman connected March 31, 2022, astir 2 months aft he'd been reported arsenic missing.

McIsaac and Blyth were jointly charged with first-degree murder, and six weeks had been acceptable speech aboriginal this period for their assemblage trial.

McConnell agreed to reappraisal the caller grounds and instrumentality to tribunal connected April 23 to supply it to defence lawyers for their ain review.

A work prohibition prevents CBC News from reporting connected the quality of the grounds up of the trial.

Nathan Gorham, lawyer for McIsaac, and TJ Burke, lawyer for Blyth, some agreed to the delay, and confirmed their clients would waive their Charter close to beryllium tried wrong a tenable time.

Given the magnitude of caller accusation that indispensable beryllium reviewed, both parties agreed not to docket caller proceedings dates until sometime aft their next appearance.

McIsaac and Blyth appeared astatine the Burton courthouse successful idiosyncratic for Wednesday's proceedings. The 2 person been successful custody since being charged successful June 2023.