GUILTY Canada - Loretta Saunders, 26, Halifax, NS, 13 February 2014 #2

[appleeye]

http://www.westerlynews.ca/local-ne...o-charged-in-loretta-saunders-death-1.1214113

Do they have so much evidence that they can throw out what is in the preliminary trial? That is crazy.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/family-member-of-loretta-saunders-lunges-at-accused-in-court-1.1927712

Emotions ran high in a Halifax courtroom Wednesday morning as one of Loretta Saunders’ relatives tried to lunge at the couple accused of killing her.

Judge Ann Derrick called a morning recess after reading a ruling about admissible evidence, and had just left the courtroom when the scuffle ensued. The man was in the third row of the public gallery and muttering expletives directed at the accused when he suddenly lunged forward, yelling.

The accused, Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry, were rushed out of the courtroom to a secure room through a back door. One sheriff pushed the courtroom’s panic button and additional sheriffs rushed to help, as several people in the gallery broke down in tears.

 

[appleeye]

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/family-member-of-loretta-saunders-lunges-at-accused-in-court-1.1927712

Good lord, these people need to keep it together. I still say they should have legal council representing them and guiding them through this.

 

[JWhite]

Can anyone tell me what the evidence for discussion was that caused this outburst?

From: http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/...nders-murder-rushed-from-court-after-outburst

"The outburst occurred as the court took its first morning break.
The man, believed to be one of Saunders’ uncles, has been banned from the courthouse for the duration of the hearing, which is expected to wrap up Friday afternoon.
Before the outburst, Judge Anne Derrick had just announced her decision to admit a controversial piece of evidence into the hearing."

 

[kdgdid]

We can not hear the evidence before trial. I know that police officers were testifying today though.

Can anyone tell me what the evidence for discussion was that caused this outburst?

From: http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/...nders-murder-rushed-from-court-after-outburst

"The outburst occurred as the court took its first morning break.
The man, believed to be one of Saunders’ uncles, has been banned from the courthouse for the duration of the hearing, which is expected to wrap up Friday afternoon.
Before the outburst, Judge Anne Derrick had just announced her decision to admit a controversial piece of evidence into the hearing."

 

[OkieGranny]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/07/24/21830736.html

The parents of slain Loretta Saunders say they are being barred from the courtroom and kept from facing the couple accused of killing her. Mariam and Clayton Saunders travelled from Labrador to Halifax for the preliminary hearing weighing the evidence of their daughter's death.

They say they were told at the beginning of the week they might be called as witnesses so they would not be allowed to sit in court and listen to the evidence presented against accused couple Blake Leggete, 26, and Victoria Henneberry, 28.

"As a mother, I really wanted to know (what happened) but we were kept out of there ... and again, it's the victims that are having the hard end of the stick," Mariam told reporters.

 

[appleeye]

Dad doesn't want to be in there... mom can't be in because she is a witness. If something went sour because a witness was tampered with and these two got off, how would they feel knowing it was them trying to get in that caused this.

These parents need someone to teach them and guide them.

 

[appleeye]

Not to mention there has been a lot of outbursts on Victoria Love's facebook from a family member that could be considered threats to both accused. I would not be shocked if you see an uttering death threats charge come. There is a lot of unsettling threats there.

 

[Snoop Sister]

Dad doesn't want to be in there... mom can't be in because she is a witness. If something went sour because a witness was tampered with and these two got off, how would they feel knowing it was them trying to get in that caused this.

These parents need someone to teach them and guide them.

Exactly!

 

[dotr]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-...r-preliminary-hearing-to-wrap-today-1.2717764

" Live Blog
Loretta Saunders murder preliminary hearing to wrap today"



"The court heard from several police and civilian witnesses Thursday, but their testimony is subject to a publication ban.

Preliminary hearings are held to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial, something Judge Anne Derrick will decide on Aug. 1 in the case of Henneberry and Leggette"

 

[dotr]

Even at a terrible time like this, Loretta's Father thought of others..

“I would like to ask the public if they could have prayers, not only for us, but for other murdered victims because that is a big comfort,” said the victim’s father, Clayton Saunders."

Read more: http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/procedur...ther-out-of-courtroom-1.1929901#ixzz38VKSk22B

 

[JWhite]

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/...preliminary-hearing-in-loretta-saunders-death

"Now it is up to provincial court Judge Anne Derrick to decide whether there is sufficient evidence to send Leggette and Henneberry to trial. She is expected to deliver her decision Aug. 1."

 

[appleeye]

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/...preliminary-hearing-in-loretta-saunders-death

"Now it is up to provincial court Judge Anne Derrick to decide whether there is sufficient evidence to send Leggette and Henneberry to trial. She is expected to deliver her decision Aug. 1."

I see a plea bargain coming for vh..

 

[kdgdid]

Then the trials will be severed and they will blame it on each other

I see a plea bargain coming for vh..

 

[appleeye]

Then the trials will be severed and they will blame it on each other

Interestingly enough... VL's facebook page has some person (my guess is a troll) claiming that the baby was Blake's. Now THAT is an angle I had never considered. Not likely true but interesting direction that would take.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/memories-of-loretta-saunders/Content?oid=4380424

James Saunders wears a shirt with a photo of his sister and their father as he hands out pink bracelets in her memory. The bracelets say "Loretta and the stolen sisters," and the shirt, one of more than a dozen worn by her family in court last week, reads: "Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes."

"She had a good head on her shoulders, had a lot going for her," James remembers outside Halifax provincial court as the inquiry into his sister's murder recessed. "It's too bad this had to happen to her. It's tearing everyone apart."

James says Loretta used to call their mom, Miriam, to talk about her studies on missing and murdered aboriginal women, "saying stuff like, 'Why? Why does this have to happen to all these women?'

 

[PonderingNS]

Both committed on first degree murder charges this morning.

 

[LadyL]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/07/24/21830736.html

she doesn't understand that keeping a potential witness out of the courtroom is normal legal procedure in interests of justice for her daughter?

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=48078

Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry have both been committed to stand trial in the murder of Loretta Saunders of Labrador. The decision was announced in Halifax court this morning...

Henneberry wept when the judge rendered her decision. The couple are scheduled to return to court August 29th.

 

[appleeye]

she doesn't understand that keeping a potential witness out of the courtroom is normal legal procedure in interests of justice for her daughter?

She doesn't seem to. This family needs someone to help them to understand. Not someone to raise money, someone to step forward and explain the process to them.

They.need.help.