A date for a preliminary inquiry in Philippe LeBlanc’s first-degree murder case was supposed to be set in November of last year. But due to delays concerning disclosure, dates won’t be set until at least next month.
Philippe LeBlanc, 29, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Bless LeBlanc
Katelin Belliveau · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 16, 2026 12:40 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Philippe LeBlanc, 29, is facing one count of first-degree murder and one count of indignity to a dead human body in connection to the death of Bless LeBlanc. (Katelin Belliveau/CBC)
The case of a Beaubassin East man accused of killing another man in the southeastern New Brunswick community was delayed Friday after already being set back multiple times since September.
Philippe LeBlanc’s defence lawyer, Annie Maltais, asked Judge Paul Duffie to adjourn the case “for at least three weeks.”
Speaking in French, Maltais said she has not finished reviewing a second wave of disclosure in the case which she described as “quite long.”
LeBlanc, 29, is accused of killing Bless LeBlanc near Cap-Pelé last year.
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