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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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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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