I think it may have more with Baylee revealing Noel and Morningstar were actually bi or gay
A plea by accused murderer Marissa Shephard on an assault charge was postponed Monday when she appeared in Miramichi provincial court.
Shephard, 21, is accused of assaulting a correctional officer at the New Brunswick Women's Correctional Centre in Miramichi on July 28. She will return to court Jan. 23 to enter a plea and choose a mode of trial...
She has been in custody since March 1, awaiting a preliminary inquiry on charges of first-degree murder and arson in connection with the death of Moncton teen Baylee Wylie last winter.
Devin Morningstar has been sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Moncton teen Baylee Wylie and to three years for arson.
Morningstar, 19, who will have no chance of parole for at least 25 years, showed no reaction after being sentenced in Moncton's Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday morning.
"You deny that you are a monster, and heard what you had to say," Justice John Walsh said to Morningstar. "I've taken note of your age and that you helped police. I agree you are 'no monster,' but you will be held accountable for your actions."
Tyler Noel, 19, and Marissa Shephard, 20, are also charged with first-degree murder and arson in Wylie's death.
Noel's trial is scheduled for October. Shephard's preliminary inquiry is scheduled for May.
Marissa​ Shephard, who was charged almost 11 months ago with first-degree murder and arson in connection with the death of Moncton teen Baylee Wylie, still doesn't have a lawyer.
Shephard, 21, is scheduled to have a preliminary inquiry start on May 1, but a Moncton courtroom heard during a case management hearing Tuesday that she hasn't been able to secure defence counsel through legal aid.
Judge Pierre Arsenault said the legal aid issue needs to be resolved before the court can firm up details about the preliminary inquiry, such as how long it will last and how many witnesses will be required.
He scheduled another case management meeting for Feb. 22.
Accused murderer Marissa Shephard has been sentenced to four months in jail for assaulting a jail guard last summer by spitting in her face, an act the judge described as "vile and disgusting."
Shephard, 21, of Moncton, who is accused in the 2015 beating and stabbing death of Moncton teen Baylee Wylie, was sentenced by Judge Kenneth Oliver in Miramichi court on Thursday morning.
She has been in custody since March 1, 2016 on charges of first-degree murder and arson in connection with the death of Wylie.
​A preliminary inquiry in that matter is scheduled to start on May 1.
Noel, 19, of Moncton, is also charged with first-degree murder and arson in Wylie's death and is scheduled to stand trial in October.
He is due back in Saint John court on March 31 to face a charge of escaping custody. He is accused of escaping from the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre on Feb. 10.
'Vile and disgusting:' Marissa Shephard handed 4-month sentence for spitting on jail guard
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/marissa-shephard-assault-sentence-murder-1.4016451
The body of Wylie, 18, was found on Dec. 17, 2015 in a burned-out triplex on Sumac Street in Moncton. He had been bound in plastic wrap, severely beaten while tied to a chair and stabbed up to 200 times.
The second-degree murder conviction comes with an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for a minimum of 10 years.
A judge will set the term for Noel's parole eligibility. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 12 and 13.
A charge of first-degree murder in connection with Wylie's death was entered by the Crown on Tuesday. Noel pleaded not guilty to that charge, but then stated he would plead guilty to second-degree murder. The Crown agreed.
Noel, 19, also pleaded guilty to a charge of arson.
"At first we were disappointed at the decision to even entertain a deal with Tyler [Noel] but today we feel relief with the knowledge he will be sentenced to 25 years, and we shift our focus to his hearing for parole eligibility and our opportunity to share the impact this horrific crime has had on our family," said the statement..
"We hope the the judge, when deciding his fate, takes into account the events, and the viciousness of what took place that night and Tyler's admitted part in it all, and that an appropriate sentence of parole eligibility will be rendered."
Marissa​ Shephard, the Moncton woman who is also accused of murdering Wylie in December 2015, waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Monday morning. Her case will proceed directly to trial in the Court of Queen's Bench.
Marissa Shephard will go on trial for murder next Feb. 12 in the killing of Baylee Wylie at a Moncton triplex 2½ years ago.
More than three months were set aside for her trial by judge and jury on charges of first-degree murder and arson with disregard for human life.
In an emotional victim impact statement, Angela Wylie recalled the intensity of receiving the news her nephew Baylee Wylie had been murdered in Moncton in December 2015.
In tears, she asked a Moncton court on Wednesday to imagine "telling my sister that her baby is gone."
Wylie read the statement at the sentencing hearing for Tyler Noel, who pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder and to arson with disregard for human life in the death of the 18-year-old.
Reading a written statement, Noel apologized to Wylie's family and others affected by his actions that night.,
He said he was "asking for forgiveness someday" and that he will forever remember that night, calling his actions "and wrong."
While acknowledging Noel's difficult upbringing and his connection to drugs and crime, the judge said the killer's motivations were especially troubling the fear that Wylie would tell police about Noel selling drugs and owning a gun.
While Noel's young age "should leave some hope," his planning and instigating of Wylie's murder shows his self-serving nature, he said.
He added that he was surprised none of the three people accused of the murder had tried to stop it.