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A jail error involving key witnesses in a Moncton double-murder trial led to allegations of tainted evidence and a push to exclude testimony from the only person who said Janson Baker was at the murder scene.

Janson Baker’s lawyer wanted jury to not hear from Zachery Trevors

Shane Magee · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 05, 2026 11:25 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 minute ago

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A sketch of a person in robes on the left and a person seated by a screen.Zachery Trevors, right, was one of the most significant witnesses in Janson Baker’s trial on first-degree murder charges. Whether he could testify was questioned over allegations his evidence was tainted. (Andrew Robson)

A jail error involving key witnesses in a Moncton double-murder trial led to allegations of tainted evidence and a push to exclude testimony from the only person who said Janson Baker was at the murder scene.

Baker was found guilty by a jury Monday of two counts of first-degree murder for the September 2019 killings of Bernard and Rose-Marie Saulnier. 

His trial was nearly upended by revelations the Crown’s key witness, Zachery Trevors, spent two days in a jail cell with testimony transcripts of another trial witness,

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